openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox (openSUSE-2018-278)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 108442

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for Mozilla Firefox to version 52.7.2esr fixes security issues and bugs.

Security issues fixed :

- CVE-2018-5146: Specially crafted vorbis files could have been used to execute arbitrary code via an Out of bounds memory write (bsc#1085671, MFSA 2018-08)

- CVE-2018-5147: Specially crafted vorbis files could have been used to execute arbitrary code via an Out of bounds memory write - used on ARM platforms (bsc#1085671, MFSA 2018-08) The following bug fixes are included :

- Stability improvements in the Italian locale

Solution

Update the affected MozillaFirefox packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1085671

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 108442

File Name: openSUSE-2018-278.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/19/2018

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozillafirefox-branding-upstream, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozillafirefox, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozillafirefox-translations-other, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozillafirefox-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozillafirefox-buildsymbols, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozillafirefox-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozillafirefox-translations-common, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozillafirefox-debuginfo

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 3/18/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-5146, CVE-2018-5147