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Ubuntu 12.10 : unity-firefox-extension vulnerability (USN-1639-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 63027

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that unity-firefox-extension incorrectly handled certain callbacks. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause unity-firefox-extension to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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Solution

Update the affected xul-ext-unity package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1639-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 63027

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1639-1.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/23/2012

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: 5.8

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

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/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/22/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/24/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0960

BID: 56650

USN: 1639-1