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Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : firefox (ELSA-2017-3247)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 104698

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2017-3247 advisory.

 [52.5.0-1.0.1]
 - Add firefox-oracle-default-prefs.js and remove the corresponding Red Hat one
 - Force requirement of newer gdk-pixbuf2 to ensure a proper update (Todd Vierling) [orabug 19847484]

 [52.5.0-1]
 - Update to 52.5.0 ESR

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected firefox package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2017-3247.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 104698

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2017-3247.nasl

Version: 3.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/20/2017

Updated: 10/23/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-7826

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-7828

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:firefox, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/17/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/11/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7826, CVE-2017-7828, CVE-2017-7830

RHSA: 2017:3247