Oracle Linux 7 : firefox (ELSA-2018-2692)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 117466

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2018-2692 advisory.

[60.2.0-1.0.1]
- Add firefox-oracle-default-prefs.js and remove the corresponding Red Hat file

[60.2.0-1]
- Update to 60.2.0 ESR

[60.1.0-9]
- Do not set user agent (rhbz#1608065)
- GTK dialogs are localized now (rhbz#1619373)
- JNLP association works again (rhbz#1607457)

[60.1.0-8]
- Fixed homepage and bookmarks (rhbz#1606778)
- Fixed missing file associations in RHEL6 (rhbz#1613565)

[60.1.0-7]
- Run at-spi-bus if not running already (for the bundled gtk3)

[60.1.0-6]
- Fix for missing schemes for bundled gtk3

[60.1.0-5]
- Added mesa-libEGL dependency to gtk3/rhel6

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 117466

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2018-2692.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 9/13/2018

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-12378

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/12/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/4/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-16541, CVE-2018-12376, CVE-2018-12377, CVE-2018-12378, CVE-2018-12379

RHSA: 2018:2692

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