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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 10.10 / 11.04 / 11.10 : firefox vulnerability (USN-1360-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 57934
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.Description
Andrew McCreight and Olli Pettay discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the XBL bindings. An attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or potentially execute code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox.(CVE-2012-0452).
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Solution
Update the affected firefox package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 57934
File Name: ubuntu_USN-1360-1.nasl
Version: 1.7
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 2/14/2012
Updated: 9/19/2019
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:firefox, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release
Patch Publication Date: 2/13/2012
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/10/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2012-0452
USN: 1360-1