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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.2.1.2015.86
Category:General
Title:Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2015-86) - 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:
Feed protocol with POST bypasses mixed content protections
Security researcher Masato Kinugawa reported that opening a
target page using a POST to the url prefixed with the feed:
protocol disables the mixed content blocker for that page. This could allow for
the risk of a man-in-the-middle (MITM) scripting attack on pages that
accidentally include insecure content which would otherwise be blocked.

Affected Software/OS:
Firefox version(s) below 40.

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

CVSS Score:
4.3

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-4483
BugTraq ID: 76510
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76510
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033247
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:1389 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00014.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:1390 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00015.html
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