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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.2.1.2014.42
Category:General
Title:Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2014-42) - 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:
Privilege escalation through Web Notification API
Security researcher Mariusz Mlynski discovered an issue
where sites that have been given notification permissions by a user can bypass
security checks on source components for the Web Notification API. This allows
for script to be run in a privileged context through notifications, leading to
arbitrary code execution on these sites.

Affected Software/OS:
Firefox version(s) below 29.

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

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-2014-1529
BugTraq ID: 67135
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67135
Debian Security Information: DSA-2918 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2918
Debian Security Information: DSA-2924 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2924
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/132437.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/132332.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2014:0448
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0448.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2014:0449
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0449.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030163
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030164
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030165
http://secunia.com/advisories/59866
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2014:0665 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00006.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2014:0727 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00015.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2014:0599 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00010.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2014:0602 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00013.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2014:0629 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00033.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2014:0640 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00040.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2185-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2189-1
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