USN-1197-1 : firefox, xulrunner-1.9.2 vulnerability

NASLDB: USN-1197-1 : firefox, xulrunner-1.9.2 vulnerability

General

ID: 56036
Name: USN-1197-1 : firefox, xulrunner-1.9.2 vulnerability

Summary: Checks dpkg output for updated package(s)

Credits: –

Classification

Risk: –

CVSS: –
CVSS Base Vector: –
CVSS Temporal Vector: –

Port: 0
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Type: Local

Description

It was discovered that Dutch Certificate Authority DigiNotar, had
mis-issued multiple fraudulent certificates. These certificates could
allow an attacker to perform a ‘man in the middle’ (MITM) attack
which would make the user believe their connection is secure, but is
actually being monitored.

For the protection of its users, Mozilla has removed the DigiNotar
certificate. Sites using certificates issued by DigiNotar will need
to seek another certificate vendor.

We are currently aware of a regression that blocks one of two Staat
der Nederlanden root certificates which are believed to still be
secure. This regression is being tracked at
https://launchpad.net/bugs/838322.