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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.2.1.2015.137
Category:General
Title:Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2015-137) - 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:
Firefox allows for control characters to be set in cookies
Security researcher musicDespiteEverything reported an issue when ASCII code 11 for vertical tab is stored in a cookie in violation of RFC6265. This may result in
incorrect cookie handling by servers, resulting in the potential ability to set cookie
values and read cookie data from users in concert with some web servers if the vertical
tab character is mishandled during parsing.

Affected Software/OS:
Firefox version(s) below 43.

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

CVSS Score:
5.0

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-7208
BugTraq ID: 79280
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79280
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174083.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174253.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034426
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034825
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:2353 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00104.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:0306 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00001.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:0307 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00007.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:0308 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00008.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:0309 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00002.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2833-1
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