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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2015.0115
Category:Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2015-0115)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'firefox, firefox-l10n, nss, rootcerts' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2015-0115 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'firefox, firefox-l10n, nss, rootcerts' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2015-0115 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
A flaw was discovered in the implementation of typed array bounds checking
in the Javascript just-in-time compilation. If a user were tricked in to
opening a specially crafted website, an attacked could exploit this to
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox
(CVE-2015-0817).

Mariusz Mlynski discovered a flaw in the processing of SVG format content
navigation. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted
website, an attacker could exploit this to run arbitrary script in a
privileged context (CVE-2015-0818).

The firefox package has been updated to version 31.5.3 to fix these issues.

Also, the nss package has been updated to version 3.18, which enables TLS
and DTLS 1.2, increases the default RSA key size created by certutil to 2048
bits, and has some CA root certificate updates.

Affected Software/OS:
'firefox, firefox-l10n, nss, rootcerts' package(s) on Mageia 4.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.5

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-0817
BugTraq ID: 73263
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73263
Debian Security Information: DSA-3201 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3201
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:0718
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0718.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031958
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2015:0593 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00029.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2015:0630 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00035.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:0567 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00026.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:0636 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00096.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2538-1
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-0818
BugTraq ID: 73265
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73265
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031959
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