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openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox (openSUSE-2021-56)

high Nessus Plugin ID 145379

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for MozillaFirefox fixes the following issues :

 - Firefox Extended Support Release 78.6.1 ESR

 - Fixed: Critical security issue MFSA 2021-01 (bsc#1180623)

 - CVE-2020-16044 Use-after-free write when handling a malicious COOKIE-ECHO SCTP chunk

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected MozillaFirefox packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1180623

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 145379

File Name: openSUSE-2021-56.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/25/2021

Updated: 1/26/2024

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-16044

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

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, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.2, 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, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozillafirefox-debuginfo

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/13/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/9/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-16044

IAVA: 2021-A-0005-S