RHEL 7 : firefox (RHSA-2020:4080)

high Nessus Plugin ID 143085

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for firefox.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:4080 advisory.

Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability.

This update upgrades Firefox to version 78.3.0 ESR.

Security Fix(es):

* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 81 and Firefox ESR 78.3 (CVE-2020-15673)

* Mozilla: Integer overflow in nsJPEGEncoder::emptyOutputBuffer (CVE-2020-12422)

* Mozilla: X-Frame-Options bypass using object or embed tags (CVE-2020-15648)

* Mozilla: Bypassing iframe sandbox when allowing popups (CVE-2020-15653)

* Mozilla: Type confusion for special arguments in IonMonkey (CVE-2020-15656)

* Mozilla: XSS when pasting attacker-controlled data into a contenteditable element (CVE-2020-15676)

* Mozilla: Download origin spoofing via redirect (CVE-2020-15677)

* Mozilla: When recursing through layers while scrolling, an iterator may have become invalid, resulting in a potential use-after-free scenario (CVE-2020-15678)

* Mozilla: WebRTC permission prompt could have been bypassed by a compromised content process (CVE-2020-12424)

* Mozilla: Out of bound read in Date.parse() (CVE-2020-12425)

* Mozilla: Custom cursor can overlay user interface (CVE-2020-15654)

* Mozilla: Overriding file type when saving to disk (CVE-2020-15658)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Bug Fix(es):

* Warnings displayed when removing Firefox package (BZ#1868842)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise 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 RHEL firefox package based on the guidance in RHSA-2020:4080.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 143085

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-4080.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/19/2020

Updated: 11/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-15656

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-15678

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/30/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/30/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-12422, CVE-2020-12424, CVE-2020-12425, CVE-2020-15648, CVE-2020-15653, CVE-2020-15654, CVE-2020-15656, CVE-2020-15658, CVE-2020-15673, CVE-2020-15676, CVE-2020-15677, CVE-2020-15678

CWE: 120, 125, 138, 190, 276, 416, 451, 601, 79, 843

IAVA: 2020-A-0287-S, 2020-A-0344-S, 2020-A-0435-S

RHSA: 2020:4080

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