Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | Firefox vulnerabilities |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-2723-1 | First vendor Publication | 2015-08-27 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2015-08-27 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 10 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 10 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 15.04 - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary: Firefox could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a malicious website. Software Description: - firefox: Mozilla Open Source web browser Details: A use-after-free was discovered when resizing a canvas element during restyling 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-2015-4497) Bas Venis discovered that the addon install permission prompt could be bypassed using data: URLs in some circumstances. It was also discovered that the installation notification could be made to appear over another site. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to install a malicious addon. (CVE-2015-4498) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 15.04: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make all the necessary changes. References: Package Information: |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2723-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-254 | Security Features |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2015-11-25 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2015-2081-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-10-22 | Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update. File : centos_RHSA-2015-1693.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-09-09 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2015-1504-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-09-08 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2015-565.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-09-03 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2015-1476-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-08-31 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-3345.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-08-31 | Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates. File : freebsd_pkg_237a201c888b487f84d37d92266381d6.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-08-31 | Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : sl_20150827_firefox_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-08-28 | Name : The remote Mac OS X host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple ... File : macosx_firefox_38_2_1_esr.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-08-28 | Name : The remote Mac OS X host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple ... File : macosx_firefox_40_0_3.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-08-28 | Name : The remote Windows host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple v... File : mozilla_firefox_38_2_1_esr.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-08-28 | Name : The remote Windows host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple v... File : mozilla_firefox_40_0_3.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-08-28 | Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-1693.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-08-28 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2015-1693.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-08-28 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-2723-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2015-09-01 00:34:04 |
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| 2015-08-30 00:41:19 |
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| 2015-08-29 13:33:55 |
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| 2015-08-27 21:26:55 |
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