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Vulnerability Assessment Details

Firefox < 1.0.7

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Acertains the version of Firefox

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

A web browser on the remote host is prone to multiple flaws, including
arbitrary code execution.

Description :

The remote host is using Firefox, an alternative web browser.

The installed version of Firefox contains various security issues,
several of which are critical as they can be easily exploited to
execute arbitrary shell code on the remote host.

See also :

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/407704
http://security-protocols.com/advisory/sp-x17-advisory.txt
http://www.mozilla.org/security/idn.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2005/mfsa2005-58.html

Solution :

Upgrade to Firefox 1.0.7 or later.

Network Security Threat Level:

High / CVSS Base Score : 7
(AV:R/AC:L/Au:NR/C:P/A:P/I:P/B:N)

Networks Security ID: 14526, 14784, 14916, 14917, 14918, 14919, 14920, 14921, 14923, 14924

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Tenable Network Security

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