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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.2.1.2012.54
Category:General
Title:Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2012-54) - Linux
Summary:This host is missing a security update for Mozilla Firefox.
Description:Summary:
This host is missing a security update for Mozilla Firefox.

Vulnerability Insight:
Clickjacking of certificate warning page
Security Researcher Matt McCutchen reported that a
clickjacking attack using the certificate warning page. A man-in-the-middle
(MITM) attacker can use an iframe to display its own certificate error warning
page (about:certerror) with the 'Add Exception' button of a real warning page
from a malicious site. This can mislead users to adding a certificate exception
for a different site than the perceived one. This can lead to compromised
communications with the user perceived site through the MITM attack once the
certificate exception has been added.

Affected Software/OS:
Firefox version(s) below 13.

Solution:
The vendor has released an update. Please see the reference(s) for more information.

CVSS Score:
4.0

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-1964
BugTraq ID: 54581
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54581
http://osvdb.org/84011
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16783
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2012:1088
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1088.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/49965
http://secunia.com/advisories/49972
http://secunia.com/advisories/49977
http://secunia.com/advisories/49979
http://secunia.com/advisories/49992
http://secunia.com/advisories/49993
http://secunia.com/advisories/49994
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2012:0895 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00011.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2012:0896 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00012.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2012:0899 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00013.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1509-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1509-2
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