Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.840471
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-957-2)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'firefox, firefox-3.0, xulrunner-1.9.2' package(s) announced via the USN-957-2 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'firefox, firefox-3.0, xulrunner-1.9.2' package(s) announced via the USN-957-2 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: USN-957-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox and Xulrunner. Daniel Holbert discovered that the fix for CVE-2010-1214 introduced a regression which did not properly initialize a plugin pointer. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious site, a remote attacker could use this to crash the browser or run arbitrary code as the user invoking the program. (CVE-2010-2755) This update fixes the problem. Original advisory details: Several flaws were discovered in the browser engine of Firefox. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious site, a remote attacker could use this to crash the browser or possibly run arbitrary code as the user invoking the program. (CVE-2010-1208, CVE-2010-1209, CVE-2010-1211, CVE-2010-1212) An integer overflow was discovered in how Firefox processed plugin parameters. An attacker could exploit this to crash the browser or possibly run arbitrary code as the user invoking the program. (CVE-2010-1214) A flaw was discovered in the Firefox JavaScript engine. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious site, a remote attacker code execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges. (CVE-2010-1215) An integer overflow was discovered in how Firefox processed CSS values. An attacker could exploit this to crash the browser or possibly run arbitrary code as the user invoking the program. (CVE-2010-2752) An integer overflow was discovered in how Firefox interpreted the XUL element. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious site, a remote attacker could use this to crash the browser or possibly run arbitrary code as the user invoking the program. (CVE-2010-2753) Aki Helin discovered that libpng did not properly handle certain malformed PNG images. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted PNG file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2010-1205) Yosuke Hasegawa and Vladimir Vukicevic discovered that the same-origin check in Firefox could be bypassed by utilizing the importScripts Web Worker method. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, an attacker could exploit this to read data from other domains. (CVE-2010-1213, CVE-2010-1207) O. Andersen that Firefox did not properly map undefined positions within certain 8 bit encodings. An attacker could utilize this to perform cross-site scripting attacks. (CVE-2010-1210) Michal Zalewski discovered flaws in how Firefox processed the HTTP 204 (no content) code. An attacker could exploit this to spoof the location bar, such as in a phishing attack. (CVE-2010-1206) Jordi Chancel discovered that Firefox did not properly handle when a server responds to an HTTPS request with plaintext and then processes JavaScript history events. An attacker could exploit this to spoof the location bar, such as in a phishing attack. (CVE-2010-2751) ... [Please see the references for more information on the vulnerabilities] Affected Software/OS: 'firefox, firefox-3.0, xulrunner-1.9.2' package(s) on Ubuntu 8.04, Ubuntu 10.04. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 10.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-2755 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11961
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AG

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