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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 12.10 / 13.04 / 13.10 : firefox vulnerabilities (USN-2031-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 71021
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.Description
Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted page, an attacker could possibly exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, potentially execute arbitrary code, or lead to information disclosure. (CVE-2013-1741, CVE-2013-2566, CVE-2013-5605, CVE-2013-5607).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 firefox package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 71021
File Name: ubuntu_USN-2031-1.nasl
Version: 1.15
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 11/21/2013
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: 6.3
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.9
Temporal Score: 5.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:firefox, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/20/2013
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/15/2013
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2013-1741, CVE-2013-2566, CVE-2013-5605, CVE-2013-5607
USN: 2031-1