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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.841802
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2185-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'firefox' package(s) announced via the USN-2185-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'firefox' package(s) announced via the USN-2185-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Bobby Holley, Carsten Book, Christoph Diehl, Gary Kwong, Jan de Mooij,
Jesse Ruderman, Nathan Froyd, John Schoenick, Karl Tomlinson, Vladimir
Vukicevic and Christian Holler discovered multiple memory safety issues in
Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website,
an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service
via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of
the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2014-1518, CVE-2014-1519)

An out of bounds read was discovered in Web Audio. An attacker could
potentially exploit this cause a denial of service via application crash
or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking
Firefox. (CVE-2014-1522)

Abhishek Arya discovered an out of bounds read when decoding JPG images.
An attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service
via application crash. (CVE-2014-1523)

Abhishek Arya discovered a buffer overflow when a script uses a non-XBL
object as an XBL object. An attacker could potentially exploit this to
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox.
(CVE-2014-1524)

Abhishek Arya discovered a use-after-free in the Text Track Manager when
processing HTML video. An attacker could potentially exploit this to cause
a denial of service via application crash or execute arbitrary code with
the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2014-1525)

Jukka Jylanki discovered an out-of-bounds write in Cairo when working
with canvas in some circumstances. An attacker could potentially exploit
this to cause a denial of service via application crash or execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox.
(CVE-2014-1528)

Mariusz Mlynski discovered that sites with notification permissions can
run script in a privileged context in some circumstances. An attacker
could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the
user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2014-1529)

It was discovered that browser history navigations could be used to load
a site with the addressbar displaying the wrong address. An attacker could
potentially exploit this to conduct cross-site scripting or phishing
attacks. (CVE-2014-1530)

A use-after-free was discovered when resizing images in some
circumstances. An attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a
denial of service via application crash or execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2014-1531)

Christian Heimes discovered that NSS did not handle IDNA domain prefixes
correctly for wildcard certificates. An attacker could potentially exploit
this by using a specially crafted certificate to conduct a machine-in-the-middle
attack. (CVE-2014-1492)

Tyson Smith and Jesse Schwartzentruber discovered a use-after-free during
host resolution in some circumstances. An attacker could potentially
exploit this to cause a denial of service ... [Please see the references for more information on the vulnerabilities]

Affected Software/OS:
'firefox' package(s) on Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 14.04.

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-2014-1492
BugTraq ID: 66356
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66356
Bugtraq: 20141205 NEW: VMSA-2014-0012 - VMware vSphere product updates address security vulnerabilities (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded
Debian Security Information: DSA-2994 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2994
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/132437.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01
http://secunia.com/advisories/59866
http://secunia.com/advisories/60621
http://secunia.com/advisories/60794
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2014:0665 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00006.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2014:0727 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00015.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2014:0599 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00010.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2014:0629 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00033.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2159-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2185-1
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-1518
BugTraq ID: 67123
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67123
Debian Security Information: DSA-2918 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2918
Debian Security Information: DSA-2924 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2924
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/132332.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2014:0448
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0448.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2014:0449
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0449.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030163
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030164
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2014:0602 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00013.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2014:0640 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00040.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2189-1
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-1519
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-1522
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-1523
BugTraq ID: 67129
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67129
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030165
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-1524
BugTraq ID: 67131
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67131
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-1525
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-1526
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-1528
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-1529
BugTraq ID: 67135
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67135
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-1530
BugTraq ID: 67137
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67137
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-1531
BugTraq ID: 67134
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67134
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-1532
BugTraq ID: 67130
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67130
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