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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.842004
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2372-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'firefox' package(s) announced via the USN-2372-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'firefox' package(s) announced via the USN-2372-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Bobby Holley, Christian Holler, David Bolter, Byron Campen, Jon Coppeard,
Carsten Book, Martijn Wargers, Shih-Chiang Chien, Terrence Cole and
Jeff Walden 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-2014-1574, CVE-2014-1575)

Atte Kettunen discovered a buffer overflow during CSS manipulation. If a
user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, 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-2014-1576)

Holger Fuhrmannek discovered an out-of-bounds read with Web Audio. If a
user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker
could potentially exploit this to steal sensitive information.
(CVE-2014-1577)

Abhishek Arya discovered an out-of-bounds write when buffering WebM video
in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially
crafted website, 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-2014-1578)

Michal Zalewski discovered that memory may not be correctly initialized
when rendering a malformed GIF in to a canvas in some circumstances. If
a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker
could potentially exploit this to steal sensitive information.
(CVE-2014-1580)

A use-after-free was discovered during text layout in some circumstances.
If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, 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-2014-1581)

Patrick McManus and David Keeler discovered 2 issues that could result
in certificate pinning being bypassed in some circumstances. An attacker
with a fraudulent certificate could potentially exploit this conduct a
machine-in-the-middle attack. (CVE-2014-1582, CVE-2014-1584)

Eric Shepherd and Jan-Ivar Bruaroey discovered issues with video sharing
via WebRTC in iframes, where video continues to be shared after being
stopped and navigating to a new site doesn't turn off the camera. An
attacker could potentially exploit this to access the camera without the
user being aware. (CVE-2014-1585, CVE-2014-1586)

Boris Zbarsky discovered that webapps could use the Alarm API to read the
values of cross-origin references. If a user were tricked in to installing
a specially crafter webapp, an attacker could potentially exploit this to
bypass same-origin restrictions. (CVE-2014-1583)

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

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-2014-1574
BugTraq ID: 70436
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70436
Debian Security Information: DSA-3050 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3050
Debian Security Information: DSA-3061 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3061
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/141085.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/141796.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2014:1635
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1635.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2014:1647
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1647.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031028
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031030
http://secunia.com/advisories/61387
http://secunia.com/advisories/61854
http://secunia.com/advisories/62021
http://secunia.com/advisories/62022
http://secunia.com/advisories/62023
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2014:1343 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00000.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2014:1344 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00001.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2014:1345 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00002.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2014:1346 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00003.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:0138 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00024.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:1266 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00031.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2372-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2373-1
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-1575
BugTraq ID: 70439
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70439
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-1576
BugTraq ID: 70430
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70430
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-1577
BugTraq ID: 70440
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70440
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-1578
BugTraq ID: 70428
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70428
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-1580
BugTraq ID: 70431
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70431
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-1581
BugTraq ID: 70426
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70426
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-1582
BugTraq ID: 70432
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70432
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-1583
BugTraq ID: 70424
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70424
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-1584
BugTraq ID: 70434
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70434
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-1585
BugTraq ID: 70425
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70425
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-1586
BugTraq ID: 70427
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70427
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