Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.842456
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2743-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'firefox' package(s) announced via the USN-2743-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'firefox' package(s) announced via the USN-2743-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Andrew Osmond, Olli Pettay, Andrew Sutherland, Christian Holler, David Major, Andrew McCreight, Cameron McCormack, Bob Clary and Randell Jesup 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-2015-4500, CVE-2015-4501) Andre Bargull discovered that when a web page creates a scripted proxy for the window with a handler defined a certain way, a reference to the inner window will be passed, rather than that of the outer window. (CVE-2015-4502) Felix Grobert discovered an out-of-bounds read in the QCMS color management library 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 obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2015-4504) Khalil Zhani discovered a buffer overflow when parsing VP9 content 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-2015-4506) Spandan Veggalam discovered a crash while using the debugger API in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website whilst using the debugger, an attacker could potentially exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2015-4507) Juho Nurminen discovered that the URL bar could display the wrong URL in reader mode in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to conduct URL spoofing attacks. (CVE-2015-4508) A use-after-free was discovered when manipulating HTML media content 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-2015-4509) Looben Yang discovered a use-after-free when using a shared worker with IndexedDB 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-2015-4510) Francisco Alonso discovered an out-of-bounds read during 2D canvas rendering 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. (CVE-2015-4512) Jeff Walden ... [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: 9.3 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-4500 BugTraq ID: 76816 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76816 Debian Security Information: DSA-3365 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3365 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:1834 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1834.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:1852 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1852.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033640 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2015:1680 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00004.html SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2015:1703 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00007.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-2015:1658 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00000.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:1679 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00003.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:1681 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00005.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2743-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2743-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2743-3 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2743-4 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2754-1 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-4501 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-4502 BugTraq ID: 76815 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76815 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-4504 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-4506 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-4507 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-4508 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-4509 http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-646 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-4510 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-4512 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-4516 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-4517 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-4519 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-4520 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-4521 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-4522 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-7174 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-7175 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-7176 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-7177 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-7180
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