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Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2015-57) - Linux
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
This host is missing a security update for Mozilla Firefox.
Insight
Insight
Privilege escalation through IPC channel messages Mozilla Developer Jed Davis and Mozilla security engineer Christoph Diehl reported that Mozilla had inherited a Inter-process Communication (IPC) vulnerability when IPC was introduced into Mozilla products through third-party code. This could allow for privilege escalation through IPC channels due to lack of message validation in the listener process.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Firefox version(s) below 38.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
The vendor has released an update. Please see the reference(s) for more information.