Detections
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Ubuntu 8.04 LTS : devhelp, epiphany-browser, midbrowser, yelp update (USN-626-2)
high Nessus Plugin ID 33827
Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
USN-626-1 fixed vulnerabilities in xulrunner-1.9. The changes required that Devhelp, Epiphany, Midbrowser and Yelp also be updated to use the new xulrunner-1.9.A flaw was discovered in the browser engine. A variable could be made to overflow causing the browser to crash. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious web page, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2008-2785)
Billy Rios discovered that Firefox and xulrunner, as used by browsers such as Epiphany, did not properly perform URI splitting with pipe symbols when passed a command-line URI.
If Firefox or xulrunner were passed a malicious URL, an attacker may be able to execute local content with chrome privileges. (CVE-2008-2933).
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 33827
File Name: ubuntu_USN-626-2.nasl
Version: 1.19
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 8/5/2008
Updated: 1/19/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 6.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:epiphany-browser-dbg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:epiphany-browser, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:epiphany-browser-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:devhelp-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:midbrowser, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:yelp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:devhelp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:epiphany-browser-data, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libdevhelp-1-0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libdevhelp-1-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:epiphany-gecko, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts
Required KB Items: Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/4/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-2785, CVE-2008-2933