Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 14.10 : firefox regression (USN-2458-3) - Nessus

High Plugin ID: 81041

This page contains detailed information about the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 14.10 : firefox regression (USN-2458-3) Nessus plugin including available exploits and PoCs found on GitHub, in Metasploit or Exploit-DB for verifying of this vulnerability.

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Plugin Overview
Vulnerability Information

Synopsis
Description
Solution

Public Exploits
Risk Information
Plugin Source
How to Run
References
Version

Plugin Overview

ID: 81041
Name: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 14.10 : firefox regression (USN-2458-3)
Filename: ubuntu_USN-2458-3.nasl
Vulnerability Published: 2015-01-14
This Plugin Published: 2015-01-28
Last Modification Time: 2021-01-19
Plugin Version: 1.15
Plugin Type: local
Plugin Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl
Required KB Items [?]: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Vulnerability Information

Severity: High
Vulnerability Published: 2015-01-14
Patch Published: 2015-01-27
CVE [?]: CVE-2014-8634, CVE-2014-8635, CVE-2014-8636, CVE-2014-8637, CVE-2014-8638, CVE-2014-8639, CVE-2014-8640, CVE-2014-8641, CVE-2014-8642
CPE [?]: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:firefox
Exploited by Malware: True

Synopsis

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

Description

USN-2458-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update introduced a regression which could make websites that use CSP fail to load under some circumstances. This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Christian Holler, Patrick McManus, Christoph Diehl, Gary Kwong, Jesse Ruderman, Byron Campen, Terrence Cole, and Nils Ohlmeier discovered multiple memory safety issues 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 via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2014-8634, CVE-2014-8635)

Bobby Holley discovered that some DOM objects with certain properties can bypass XrayWrappers in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to bypass security restrictions. (CVE-2014-8636)

Michal Zalewski discovered a use of uninitialized memory when rendering malformed bitmap images on a canvas element. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to steal confidential information. (CVE-2014-8637)

Muneaki Nishimura discovered that requests from navigator.sendBeacon() lack an origin header. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to conduct cross-site request forgery (XSRF) attacks. (CVE-2014-8638)

Xiaofeng Zheng discovered that a web proxy returning a 407 response could inject cookies in to the originally requested domain. If a user connected to a malicious web proxy, an attacker could potentially exploit this to conduct session-fixation attacks. (CVE-2014-8639)

Holger Fuhrmannek discovered a crash in Web Audio while manipulating timelines. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2014-8640)

Mitchell Harper discovered a use-after-free in WebRTC. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2014-8641)

Brian Smith discovered that OCSP responses would fail to verify if signed by a delegated OCSP responder certificate with the id-pkix-ocsp-nocheck extension, potentially allowing a user to connect to a site with a revoked certificate. (CVE-2014-8642).

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.

Public Exploits

Target Network Port(s): N/A
Target Asset(s): N/A
Exploit Available: True (Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB)
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Here's the list of publicly known exploits and PoCs for verifying the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 14.10 : firefox regression (USN-2458-3) vulnerability:

Metasploit: exploit/multi/browser/firefox_proxy_prototype
[Firefox Proxy Prototype Privileged Javascript Injection]
Exploit-DB: exploits/multiple/remote/36480.rb
[EDB-36480: Mozilla Firefox - Proxy Prototype Privileged JavaScript Injection (Metasploit)]

Before running any exploit against any system, make sure you are authorized by the owner of the target system(s) to perform such activity. In any other case, this would be considered as an illegal activity.

WARNING: Beware of using unverified exploits from sources such as GitHub or Exploit-DB. These exploits and PoCs could contain malware. For more information, see how to use exploits safely.

Risk Information

CVSS V2 Vector [?]: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:H/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS Base Score:	7.5 (High)
Impact Subscore:	6.4
Exploitability Subscore:	10.0
CVSS Temporal Score:	6.5 (Medium)
CVSS Environmental Score:	NA (None)
Modified Impact Subscore:	NA
Overall CVSS Score:	6.5 (Medium)

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Plugin Source

This is the ubuntu_USN-2458-3.nasl nessus plugin source code. Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2015-2020 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2015-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2458-3. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See 
# <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered 
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(81041);
  script_version("1.15");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/19");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2014-8634", "CVE-2014-8635", "CVE-2014-8636", "CVE-2014-8637", "CVE-2014-8638", "CVE-2014-8639", "CVE-2014-8640", "CVE-2014-8641", "CVE-2014-8642");
  script_bugtraq_id(72041, 72042, 72044, 72045, 72046, 72047, 72048, 72049, 72050);
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"2458-3");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 14.10 : firefox regression (USN-2458-3)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for updated package.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"USN-2458-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update introduced a
regression which could make websites that use CSP fail to load under
some circumstances. This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Christian Holler, Patrick McManus, Christoph Diehl, Gary Kwong, Jesse
Ruderman, Byron Campen, Terrence Cole, and Nils Ohlmeier discovered
multiple memory safety issues 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 via application crash, or
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking
Firefox. (CVE-2014-8634, CVE-2014-8635)

Bobby Holley discovered that some DOM objects with certain
properties can bypass XrayWrappers in some circumstances. If
a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted
website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to
bypass security restrictions. (CVE-2014-8636)

Michal Zalewski discovered a use of uninitialized memory
when rendering malformed bitmap images on a canvas element.
If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted
website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to steal
confidential information. (CVE-2014-8637)

Muneaki Nishimura discovered that requests from
navigator.sendBeacon() lack an origin header. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an
attacker could potentially exploit this to conduct
cross-site request forgery (XSRF) attacks. (CVE-2014-8638)

Xiaofeng Zheng discovered that a web proxy returning a 407
response could inject cookies in to the originally requested
domain. If a user connected to a malicious web proxy, an
attacker could potentially exploit this to conduct
session-fixation attacks. (CVE-2014-8639)

Holger Fuhrmannek discovered a crash in Web Audio while
manipulating timelines. If a user were tricked in to opening
a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially
exploit this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2014-8640)

Mitchell Harper discovered a use-after-free in WebRTC. If a
user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website,
an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial
of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code
with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox.
(CVE-2014-8641)

Brian Smith discovered that OCSP responses would fail to
verify if signed by a delegated OCSP responder certificate
with the id-pkix-ocsp-nocheck extension, potentially
allowing a user to connect to a site with a revoked
certificate. (CVE-2014-8642).

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."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://usn.ubuntu.com/2458-3/"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected firefox package."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_malware", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'Firefox Proxy Prototype Privileged Javascript Injection');
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:firefox");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2015/01/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/01/27");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/01/28");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2015-2020 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2015-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("ubuntu.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");

if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/Ubuntu/release");
if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu");
release = chomp(release);
if (! preg(pattern:"^(12\.04|14\.04|14\.10)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 12.04 / 14.04 / 14.10", "Ubuntu " + release);
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Ubuntu", cpu);

flag = 0;

if (ubuntu_check(osver:"12.04", pkgname:"firefox", pkgver:"35.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"14.04", pkgname:"firefox", pkgver:"35.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"14.10", pkgname:"firefox", pkgver:"35.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.10.1")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    extra      : ubuntu_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "firefox");
}

The latest version of this script can be found in these locations depending on your platform:

Linux / Unix:
/opt/nessus/lib/nessus/plugins/ubuntu_USN-2458-3.nasl
Windows:
C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus\plugins\ubuntu_USN-2458-3.nasl
Mac OS X:
/Library/Nessus/run/lib/nessus/plugins/ubuntu_USN-2458-3.nasl

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How to Run

Here is how to run the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 14.10 : firefox regression (USN-2458-3) as a standalone plugin via the Nessus web user interface (https://localhost:8834/):

Click to start a New Scan.
Select Advanced Scan.
Navigate to the Plugins tab.
On the top right corner click to Disable All plugins.
On the left side table select Ubuntu Local Security Checks plugin family.
On the right side table select Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 14.10 : firefox regression (USN-2458-3) plugin ID 81041.
Specify the target on the Settings tab and click to Save the scan.
Run the scan.

Here are a few examples of how to run the plugin in the command line. Note that the examples below demonstrate the usage on the Linux / Unix platform.

Basic usage:

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl ubuntu_USN-2458-3.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with audit trail message on the console:

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -a ubuntu_USN-2458-3.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with trace script execution written to the console (useful for debugging):

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -T - ubuntu_USN-2458-3.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with using a state file for the target and updating it (useful for running multiple plugins on the target):

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -K /tmp/state ubuntu_USN-2458-3.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

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References

BID | SecurityFocus Bugtraq ID:

72041, 72042, 72044, 72045, 72046, 72047, 72048, 72049, 72050

USN | Ubuntu Security Notice:

2458-3

See also:

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Version

This page has been produced using Nessus Professional 10.1.2 (#68) LINUX, Plugin set 202205072148.
Plugin file ubuntu_USN-2458-3.nasl version 1.15. For more plugins, visit the Nessus Plugin Library.

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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 14.10 : firefox regression (USN-2458-3) - Nessus

Plugin Overview

Vulnerability Information

Synopsis

Description

Solution

Public Exploits

Risk Information

Plugin Source

How to Run

References

Version

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