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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.50938
Category:Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2005:038
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory RHSA-2005:038.

Mozilla is an open source Web browser, advanced email and newsgroup client,
IRC chat client, and HTML editor.

iSEC Security Research has discovered a buffer overflow bug in the way
Mozilla handles NNTP URLs. If a user visits a malicious web page or is
convinced to click on a malicious link, it may be possible for an attacker
to execute arbitrary code on the victim's machine. The Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name
CVE-2004-1316 to this issue.

Users of Mozilla should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain
backported patches and are not vulnerable to these issues.

Solution:
Please note that this update is available via
Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red
Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-038.html
http://www.isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0020-mozilla.txt

Risk factor : Medium

CVSS Score:
5.0

Cross-Ref: BugTraq ID: 12131
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-1316
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12131
Bugtraq: 20041229 Heap overflow in Mozilla Browser <= 1.7.3 NNTP code. (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110436284718949&w=2
HPdes Security Advisory: HPSBTU01114
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110780717916478&w=2
HPdes Security Advisory: HPSBUX01133
HPdes Security Advisory: SSRT5940
http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0020-mozilla.txt
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100052
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9808
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-038.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/19823
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2006:022 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html
XForce ISS Database: mozilla-nntp-bo(18711)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18711
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