CVE-2015-0812 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2015-0812?

CVE-2015-0812 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 1 Apr 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Mozilla Firefox before 37.0 does not require an HTTPS session for lightweight theme add-on installations, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to bypass an intended user-confirmation requirement by deploying a crafted web site and conducting a DNS spoofing attack against a mozilla.org subdomain.

Weakness: CWE-17

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-0812?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Mozilla Firefox, Opensuse Opensuse.

How do I fix CVE-2015-0812?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2015-0812 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-0812 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-xp29-g429-j593, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0812.