Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.2.1.2016.36
Category:	General
Title:	Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2016-36) - 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: Use-after-free during processing of DER encoded keys in NSS Mozilla developer Tim Taubert used the Address Sanitizer tool and software fuzzing to discover a use-after-free vulnerability while processing DER encoded keys in the Network Security Services (NSS) libraries. The vulnerability overwrites the freed memory with zeroes. This issue has been addressed in NSS 3.21.1, shipping in Firefox 45. Affected Software/OS: Firefox version(s) below 45. Solution: The vendor has released an update. Please see the reference(s) for more information. CVSS Score: 6.8 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-1979 BugTraq ID: 84221 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84221 Debian Security Information: DSA-3576 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3576 Debian Security Information: DSA-3688 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3688 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.21.1_release_notes RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:0591 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0591.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:0684 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0684.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:0685 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0685.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2016:0727 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00027.html SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2016:0777 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00050.html SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2016:0820 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00068.html SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2016:0909 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00093.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:0731 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:0733 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2973-1
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