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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.2.1.2012.24
Category:General
Title:Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2012-24) - Linux
Summary:This host is missing a security update for Mozilla Firefox.
Description:Summary:
This host is missing a security update for Mozilla Firefox.

Vulnerability Insight:
Potential XSS via multibyte content processing errors
Anne van Kesteren of Opera Software found a
multi-octet encoding issue where certain octets will destroy the following
octets in the processing of some multibyte character sets. This can leave users
vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks on maliciously crafted web
pages.

Affected Software/OS:
Firefox version(s) below 12.

Solution:
The vendor has released an update. Please see the reference(s) for more information.

CVSS Score:
4.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-0471
BugTraq ID: 53219
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53219
Debian Security Information: DSA-2457 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2457
Debian Security Information: DSA-2458 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2458
Debian Security Information: DSA-2464 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2464
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:066
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:081
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16961
http://secunia.com/advisories/48920
http://secunia.com/advisories/48922
http://secunia.com/advisories/48972
http://secunia.com/advisories/49047
http://secunia.com/advisories/49055
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