Mozilla Seamonkey Integer Overflow Vulnerability-01 Nov13 (Mac OS X)

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Summary
This host is installed with Mozilla Seamonkey and is prone to integer overflow vulnerability.
Impact
Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact. Impact Level: Application
Solution
Upgrade to Mozilla Seamonkey version 2.22.1 or later, For updates refer to http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey
Insight
The flaw is due to integer overflow in the 'PL_ArenaAllocate' function in Mozilla Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR).
Affected
Mozilla Seamonkey version before 2.22.1 on Mac OS X
Detection
Get the installed version with the help of detect NVT and check the version is vulnerable or not.
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
High Severity
Classification
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