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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.842491
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2768-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'firefox' package(s) announced via the USN-2768-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'firefox' package(s) announced via the USN-2768-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Abdulrahman Alqabandi and Ben Kelly discovered that the fetch() API did
not correctly implement the Cross Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)
specification. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted
website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to obtain sensitive
information from other origins. (CVE-2015-7184)

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:
6.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-7184
BugTraq ID: 77100
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77100
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033820
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:1817 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00021.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2768-1
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG

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