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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.2.1.2015.57
Category:General
Title:Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2015-57) - 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 IPC channel messages
Mozilla Developer Jed Davis and Mozilla security engineer
Christoph Diehl reported that Mozilla had inherited a
Inter-process Communication (IPC) vulnerability when IPC was introduced into
Mozilla products through third-party code. This could allow for privilege
escalation through IPC channels due to lack of message validation in the
listener process.

Affected Software/OS:
Firefox version(s) below 38.

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

CVSS Score:
10.0

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-3079
BugTraq ID: 53309
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53309
Debian Security Information: DSA-3260 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3260
http://osvdb.org/81645
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14964
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:1012
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1012.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027001
http://secunia.com/advisories/48992
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:0892 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00012.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:0934 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00036.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:1266 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00031.html
XForce ISS Database: chrome-ipc-validation-code-execution(75271)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75271
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