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Ubuntu 12.10 : unity-firefox-extension vulnerability (USN-1665-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 63264

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

It was discovered that unity-firefox-extension bypassed the same origin policy checks in certain circumstances. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious page, an attacker could exploit this to steal confidential data or perform other security-sensitive operations.

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Solution

Update the affected xul-ext-unity package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1665-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 63264

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1665-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/14/2012

Updated: 9/19/2019

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xul-ext-unity, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 12/13/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/26/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0958

USN: 1665-1