Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.842423
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2723-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'firefox' package(s) announced via the USN-2723-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'firefox' package(s) announced via the USN-2723-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: A use-after-free was discovered when resizing a canvas element during restyling 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-2015-4497) Bas Venis discovered that the addon install permission prompt could be bypassed using data: URLs in some circumstances. It was also discovered that the installation notification could be made to appear over another site. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to install a malicious addon. (CVE-2015-4498) 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-2015-4497 BugTraq ID: 76502 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76502 Debian Security Information: DSA-3345 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3345 http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-406 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:1693 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1693.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033397 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2015:1504 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00013.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-2015:1492 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00000.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2723-1 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-4498 BugTraq ID: 76505 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76505 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033396
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