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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.842419
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2702-3)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'firefox' package(s) announced via the USN-2702-3 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'firefox' package(s) announced via the USN-2702-3 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
USN-2702-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. After upgrading, some users
in the US reported that their default search engine switched to Yahoo.
This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

Gary Kwong, Christian Holler, Byron Campen, Tyson Smith, Bobby Holley,
Chris Coulson, and Eric Rahm 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-2015-4473, CVE-2015-4474)

Aki Helin discovered an out-of-bounds read when playing malformed MP3
content in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a
specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to
obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service via application
crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking
Firefox. (CVE-2015-4475)

A use-after-free was discovered during MediaStream playback 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-2015-4477)

Andre Bargull discovered that non-configurable properties on javascript
objects could be redefined when parsing JSON. If a user were tricked in to
opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit
this to bypass same-origin restrictions. (CVE-2015-4478)

Multiple integer overflows were discovered in libstagefright. 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-2015-4479, CVE-2015-4480, CVE-2015-4493)

Jukka Jylanki discovered a crash that occurs because javascript does not
properly gate access to Atomics or SharedArrayBuffers 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. (CVE-2015-4484)

Abhishek Arya discovered 2 buffer overflows in libvpx when decoding
malformed WebM content in some circumstances. 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-2015-4485, CVE-2015-4486)

Ronald Crane reported 3 security issues. If a user were tricked in to
opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially
exploit these, in combination with another ... [Please see the references for more information on the vulnerabilities]

Affected Software/OS:
'firefox' package(s) on Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 15.04.

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-2015-4473
Debian Security Information: DSA-3333 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3333
Debian Security Information: DSA-3410 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3410
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:1586
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1586.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:1682
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1682.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033247
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033372
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2015:1449 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00021.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2015:1528 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00016.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2015:2081 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00025.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:1389 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00014.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:1390 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00015.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:1453 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00030.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:1454 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00031.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-3
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2712-1
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-4474
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-4475
BugTraq ID: 76294
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76294
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-4477
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:0876 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00089.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:0894 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00091.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-4478
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-4479
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-456
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-4480
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-4484
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-4485
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-4486
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-4493
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