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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.2.1.2015.69
Category:General
Title:Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2015-69) - 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 internal workers
Mozilla community member Jonas Jenwald reported broken behavior in Mozilla's PDF.js PDF file viewer which led to the discovery that internal Workers were incorrectly executed with high privilege. If this flaw were combined with a separate vulnerability allowing for same-origin policy violation, it could be used to run arbitrary code.

Affected Software/OS:
Firefox version(s) below 39.

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

CVSS Score:
7.5

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-2743
BugTraq ID: 75541
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75541
Debian Security Information: DSA-3300 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3300
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:1207
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1207.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032783
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2015:1268 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00033.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2015:1269 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00034.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2015:1449 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00021.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:1229 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00025.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:1266 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00031.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2656-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2656-2
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