Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.840469
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-930-6)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'firefox-3.0, firefox-3.5, xulrunner-1.9.2' package(s) announced via the USN-930-6 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'firefox-3.0, firefox-3.5, xulrunner-1.9.2' package(s) announced via the USN-930-6 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: USN-957-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox and Xulrunner. Daniel Holbert discovered that the fix for CVE-2010-1214 introduced a regression which did not properly initialize a plugin pointer. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious site, a remote attacker could use this to crash the browser or run arbitrary code as the user invoking the program. (CVE-2010-2755) This update fixes the problem. Original advisory details: If was discovered that Firefox could be made to access freed memory. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious site, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. This issue only affected Ubuntu 8.04 LTS. (CVE-2010-1121) Several flaws were discovered in the browser engine of Firefox. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious site, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2010-1200, CVE-2010-1201, CVE-2010-1202, CVE-2010-1203) A flaw was discovered in the way plugin instances interacted. An attacker could potentially exploit this and use one plugin to access freed memory from a second plugin to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2010-1198) An integer overflow was discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious site, an attacker could overflow a buffer and cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2010-1196) Martin Barbella discovered an integer overflow in an XSLT node sorting routine. An attacker could exploit this to overflow a buffer and cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2010-1199) Michal Zalewski discovered that the focus behavior of Firefox could be subverted. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious site, a remote attacker could use this to capture keystrokes. (CVE-2010-1125) Ilja van Sprundel discovered that the 'Content-Disposition: attachment' HTTP header was ignored when 'Content-Type: multipart' was also present. Under certain circumstances, this could potentially lead to cross-site scripting attacks. (CVE-2010-1197) Amit Klein discovered that Firefox did not seed its random number generator often enough. An attacker could exploit this to identify and track users across different web sites. (CVE-2008-5913) Affected Software/OS: 'firefox-3.0, firefox-3.5, xulrunner-1.9.2' package(s) on Ubuntu 9.04, Ubuntu 9.10. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 10.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-2755 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11961
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AG

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