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Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2917-3)

🗓️ 20 Apr 2016 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AGType 
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The 'firefox' package in Ubuntu is missing an update for multiple vulnerabilities, including buffer overflow, memory safety issues, and file overwrite

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.842718");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-1950", "CVE-2016-1952", "CVE-2016-1953", "CVE-2016-1954", "CVE-2016-1955", "CVE-2016-1956", "CVE-2016-1957", "CVE-2016-1958", "CVE-2016-1959");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-04-20 03:18:30 +0000 (Wed, 20 Apr 2016)");
  script_version("2024-02-02T05:06:05+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-02 05:06:05 +0000 (Fri, 02 Feb 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.1");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2016-03-17 00:38:21 +0000 (Thu, 17 Mar 2016)");

  script_name("Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2917-3)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/ubuntu_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=UBUNTU(12\.04\ LTS|14\.04\ LTS|15\.10)");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"USN-2917-3");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2917-3");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://launchpad.net/bugs/1572169");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'firefox' package(s) announced via the USN-2917-3 advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"USN-2917-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update caused several
web compatibility regressions.

This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

 Francis Gabriel discovered a buffer overflow during ASN.1 decoding in NSS.
 If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an
 attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via
 application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the
 user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2016-1950)

 Bob Clary, Christoph Diehl, Christian Holler, Andrew McCreight, Daniel
 Holbert, Jesse Ruderman, Randell Jesup, Carsten Book, Gian-Carlo Pascutto,
 Tyson Smith, Andrea Marchesini, and Jukka Jylanki discovered multiple
 memory safety issues in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a
 specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to
 cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code
 with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2016-1952,
 CVE-2016-1953)

 Nicolas Golubovic discovered that CSP violation reports can be used to
 overwrite local files. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially
 crafted website with addon signing disabled and unpacked addons installed,
 an attacker could potentially exploit this to gain additional privileges.
 (CVE-2016-1954)

 Muneaki Nishimura discovered that CSP violation reports contained full
 paths for cross-origin iframe navigations. An attacker could potentially
 exploit this to steal confidential data. (CVE-2016-1955)

 Ucha Gobejishvili discovered that performing certain WebGL operations
 resulted in memory resource exhaustion with some Intel GPUs, requiring
 a reboot. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted
 website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial
 of service. (CVE-2016-1956)

 Jose Martinez and Romina Santillan discovered a memory leak in
 libstagefright during MPEG4 video file processing in some circumstances.
 If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an
 attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via
 memory exhaustion. (CVE-2016-1957)

 Abdulrahman Alqabandi discovered that the addressbar could be blank or
 filled with page defined content in some circumstances. If a user were
 tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
 potentially exploit this to conduct URL spoofing attacks. (CVE-2016-1958)

 Looben Yang discovered an out-of-bounds read in Service Worker Manager. If
 a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker
 could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via
 application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the
 user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2016-1959)

 A use-after-free was discovered in the HTML5 string parser. If a user were
 tricked in to ... [Please see the references for more information on the vulnerabilities]");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'firefox' package(s) on Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 15.10.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");

release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "UBUNTU12.04 LTS") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"firefox", ver:"45.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1", rls:"UBUNTU12.04 LTS"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

if(release == "UBUNTU14.04 LTS") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"firefox", ver:"45.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1", rls:"UBUNTU14.04 LTS"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

if(release == "UBUNTU15.10") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"firefox", ver:"45.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.15.10.1", rls:"UBUNTU15.10"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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