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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.842224
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2602-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'firefox' package(s) announced via the USN-2602-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'firefox' package(s) announced via the USN-2602-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Jesse Ruderman, Mats Palmgren, Byron Campen, Steve Fink, Gary Kwong,
Andrew McCreight, Christian Holler, Jon Coppeard, and Milan Sreckovic
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-2015-2708, CVE-2015-2709)

Atte Kettunen discovered a buffer overflow during the rendering of SVG
content with certain CSS properties 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 application
crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking
Firefox. (CVE-2015-2710)

Alex Verstak discovered that is ignored in some
circumstances. (CVE-2015-2711)

Dougall Johnson discovered an out of bounds read and write in asm.js. If
a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an
attacker could potentially exploit this to obtain sensitive information,
cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary
code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2015-2712)

Scott Bell discovered a use-afer-free during the processing of text when
vertical text is enabled. 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-2015-2713)

Tyson Smith and Jesse Schwartzentruber discovered a use-after-free during
shutdown. 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-2015-2715)

Ucha Gobejishvili discovered a buffer overflow when parsing compressed XML
content. 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-2015-2716)

A buffer overflow and out-of-bounds read were discovered when parsing
metadata in MP4 files 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 application crash, or execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox.
(CVE-2015-2717)

Mark Hammond discovered that when a trusted page is hosted within an
iframe in an untrusted page, the untrusted page can intercept webchannel
responses meant for the trusted page in some circumstances. If a user
were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
exploit this to bypass origin restrictions. (CVE-2015-2718)

Affected Software/OS:
'firefox' package(s) on Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 15.04.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.5

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-2708
BugTraq ID: 74615
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74615
Debian Security Information: DSA-3260 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3260
Debian Security Information: DSA-3264 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3264
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:0988
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0988.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:1012
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1012.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2015:0960 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00054.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2015:0978 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00000.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:0892 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00012.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:0934 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00036.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:1266 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00031.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2602-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2603-1
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-2709
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-2710
BugTraq ID: 74611
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74611
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-2711
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-2712
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-2713
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-2715
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-2716
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-2717
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-2718
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