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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.2.1.2016.48
Category:General
Title:Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2016-48) - 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 Health Reports could accept events from untrusted domains
Mozilla engineer Mark Goodwin discovered that the Firefox Health
Report (about:healthreport) accepts certain events from any content document
present in the remote-report iframe. If there were another vulnerability that allowed the
injection of web content into the Firefox Health Report iframe, this content could change
the sharing preferences of a user by firing the appropriate events at it s containing
page.

Affected Software/OS:
Firefox version(s) below 46.

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-2016-2820
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035692
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:1211 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00005.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:1251 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00038.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-3
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