Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 19.04 / 19.10 : firefox vulnerabilities (USN-4234-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 132854

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VPR Score: 9.2

Synopsis

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

Description

Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information, bypass Content Security Policy (CSP) restrictions, conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, or execute arbitrary code.

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Solution

Update the affected firefox package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4234-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 132854

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4234-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/13/2020

Updated: 2/14/2020

Dependencies: 12634

Risk Information

Risk Factor: Medium

VPR Score: 9.2

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-17025

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:firefox, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10

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

Exploit Available: undefined

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/9/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/8/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-17016, CVE-2019-17017, CVE-2019-17020, CVE-2019-17022, CVE-2019-17023, CVE-2019-17024, CVE-2019-17025, CVE-2019-17026