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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.70908
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu USN-1192-1 (firefox)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:
The remote host is missing an update to firefox
announced via advisory USN-1192-1.

Details:

Aral Yaman discovered a vulnerability in the WebGL engine. An attacker
could potentially use this to crash Firefox or execute arbitrary code with
the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2011-2989)

Vivekanand Bolajwar discovered a vulnerability in the JavaScript engine. An
attacker could potentially use this to crash Firefox or execute arbitrary
code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2011-2991)

Bert Hubert and Theo Snelleman discovered a vulnerability in the Ogg
reader. An attacker could potentially use this to crash Firefox or execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox.
(CVE-2011-2991)

Robert Kaiser, Jesse Ruderman, Gary Kwong, Christoph Diehl, Martijn
Wargers, Travis Emmitt, Bob Clary, and Jonathan Watt discovered multiple
memory vulnerabilities in the browser rendering engine. An attacker could
use these to possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the
user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2011-2985)

Rafael Gieschke discovered that unsigned JavaScript could call into a
script inside a signed JAR. This could allow an attacker to execute
arbitrary code with the identity and permissions of the signed JAR.
(CVE-2011-2993)

Michael Jordon discovered that an overly long shader program could cause a
buffer overrun. An attacker could potentially use this to crash Firefox or
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox.
(CVE-2011-2988)

Michael Jordon discovered a heap overflow in the ANGLE library used in
Firefox's WebGL implementation. An attacker could potentially use this to
crash Firefox or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user
invoking Firefox. (CVE-2011-2987)

It was discovered that an SVG text manipulation routine contained a
dangling pointer vulnerability. An attacker could potentially use this to
crash Firefox or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user
invoking Firefox. (CVE-2011-0084)

Mike Cardwell discovered that Content Security Policy violation reports
failed to strip out proxy authorization credentials from the list of
request headers. This could allow a malicious website to capture proxy
authorization credentials. Daniel Veditz discovered that redirecting to a
website with Content Security Policy resulted in the incorrect resolution
of hosts in the constructed policy. This could allow a malicious website to
circumvent the Content Security Policy of another website. (CVE-2011-2990)

Solution:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 11.04:
firefox 6.0+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.11.04.1

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-1192-1

CVSS Score:
10.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:NR/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-2989
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14528
http://secunia.com/advisories/49055
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2011:037 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00023.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-2991
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14303
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-2985
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14440
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-2993
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14055
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-2988
BugTraq ID: 49242
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49242
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14270
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-2987
BugTraq ID: 49226
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49226
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14285
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-0084
Debian Security Information: DSA-2295 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2295
Debian Security Information: DSA-2296 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2296
Debian Security Information: DSA-2297 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2297
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:127
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14502
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1164.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1166.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2011:0967 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00027.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-2990
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14458
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-2992
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14209
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