The 'firefox' package in Ubuntu is missing an update for multiple vulnerabilities, including buffer overflow, memory safety issues, and file overwrite
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 199 |
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![]() | Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2917-2) | 8 Apr 201600:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2016-16) - Linux | 8 Nov 202100:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2016-18) - Linux | 8 Nov 202100:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2016-19) - Linux | 8 Nov 202100:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2016-35) - Linux | 8 Nov 202100:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | CentOS Update for nss CESA-2016:0371 centos5 | 10 Mar 201600:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Oracle: Security Advisory (ELSA-2016-0371) | 11 Mar 201600:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2016-17) - Linux | 8 Nov 202100:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2016-20) - Linux | 8 Nov 202100:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2016-22) - Linux | 8 Nov 202100:00 | – | openvas |
Source | Link |
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ubuntu | www.ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2917-3 |
launchpad | www.launchpad.net/bugs/1572169 |
# 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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