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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.2.1.2015.33
Category:General
Title:Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2015-33) - 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:
resource:// documents can load privileged pages
Security researcher Mariusz Mlynski reported, through HP
Zero Day Initiative's Pwn2Own contest, that documents loaded though a
resource: URL, such as Mozilla's PDF.js PDF file
viewer, were able to subsequently load privileged chrome pages. The privilege
restrictions on resource: URLs was handled incorrectly and these
restrictions could be bypassed if this flaw was combined with a separate
vulnerability allowing for same-origin policy violation, it could be used to run
arbitrary code.

Affected Software/OS:
Firefox version(s) below 37.

Solution:
The vendor has released an update. Please see the reference(s) for more information.

CVSS Score:
5.0

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-0816
BugTraq ID: 73461
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73461
Debian Security Information: DSA-3211 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3211
Debian Security Information: DSA-3212 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3212
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37958/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:0766
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0766.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:0771
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0771.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031996
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032000
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2015:0704 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00006.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:0677 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00003.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-2015:1266 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00031.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2550-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2552-1
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