Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | unity-firefox-extension vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-1639-1 | First vendor Publication | 2012-11-22 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2012-11-22 |
| 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:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 7.5 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | 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 12.10 Summary: unity-firefox-extension could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a malicious website. Software Description: - unity-firefox-extension: Firefox extension: Unity Integration Details: It was discovered that unity-firefox-extension incorrectly handled certain callbacks. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause unity-firefox-extension to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.10: After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make all the necessary changes. References: Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-firefox-extension/2.4.1-0ubuntu1.1 |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1639-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-20 | Improper Input Validation |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18015 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18015 | ||
| Title: | USN-1639-1 -- unity-firefox-extension vulnerability | ||
| Description: | unity-firefox-extension could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a malicious website. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | USN-1639-1 CVE-2012-0960 | Version: | 7 |
| Platform(s): | Ubuntu 12.10 | Product(s): | unity-firefox-extension |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2012-11-23 | Name : Ubuntu Update for unity-firefox-extension USN-1639-1 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1639_1.nasl |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2012-11-23 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-1639-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2014-02-17 12:01:06 |
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| 2012-11-26 21:19:51 |
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| 2012-11-25 00:21:35 |
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| 2012-11-22 21:20:09 |
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