Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.842714
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2917-2)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'firefox' package(s) announced via the USN-2917-2 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'firefox' package(s) announced via the USN-2917-2 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: USN-2917-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update caused several regressions that could result in search engine settings being lost, the list of search providers appearing empty or the location bar breaking after typing an invalid URL. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Francis Gabriel discovered a buffer overflow during ASN.1 decoding in NSS. 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-2016-1950) Bob Clary, Christoph Diehl, Christian Holler, Andrew McCreight, Daniel Holbert, Jesse Ruderman, Randell Jesup, Carsten Book, Gian-Carlo Pascutto, Tyson Smith, Andrea Marchesini, and Jukka Jylanki 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-2016-1952, CVE-2016-1953) Nicolas Golubovic discovered that CSP violation reports can be used to overwrite local files. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website with addon signing disabled and unpacked addons installed, an attacker could potentially exploit this to gain additional privileges. (CVE-2016-1954) Muneaki Nishimura discovered that CSP violation reports contained full paths for cross-origin iframe navigations. An attacker could potentially exploit this to steal confidential data. (CVE-2016-1955) Ucha Gobejishvili discovered that performing certain WebGL operations resulted in memory resource exhaustion with some Intel GPUs, requiring a reboot. 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-2016-1956) Jose Martinez and Romina Santillan discovered a memory leak in libstagefright during MPEG4 video file processing 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 memory exhaustion. (CVE-2016-1957) Abdulrahman Alqabandi discovered that the addressbar could be blank or filled with page defined content 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-2016-1958) Looben Yang discovered an out-of-bounds read in Service Worker Manager. 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 ... [Please see the references for more information on the vulnerabilities] Affected Software/OS: 'firefox' package(s) on Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 15.10. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 7.1 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-1950 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html BugTraq ID: 84223 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84223 Debian Security Information: DSA-3510 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3510 Debian Security Information: DSA-3520 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3520 Debian Security Information: DSA-3688 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3688 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:0495 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0495.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2016:0727 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00027.html SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2016:0777 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00050.html SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2016:0820 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00068.html SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2016:0909 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00093.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:0731 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:0733 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:1557 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00016.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-3 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2924-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2934-1 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-1952 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 SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:1767 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00006.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:1769 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00007.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:1778 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00008.html Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-1953 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-1954 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-1955 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-1956 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-1957 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-1958
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