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CentOS 8 : firefox (CESA-2020:0820)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 145866

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2020:0820 advisory.

 - usrsctp: Out of bounds reads in sctp_load_addresses_from_init() (CVE-2019-20503)

 - Mozilla: Use-after-free when removing data about origins (CVE-2020-6805)

 - Mozilla: BodyStream::OnInputStreamReady was missing protections against state confusion (CVE-2020-6806)

 - Mozilla: Use-after-free in cubeb during stream destruction (CVE-2020-6807)

 - Mozilla: Devtools' 'Copy as cURL' feature did not fully escape website-controlled data, potentially leading to command injection (CVE-2020-6811)

 - Mozilla: The names of AirPods with personally identifiable information were exposed to websites with camera or microphone permission (CVE-2020-6812)

 - Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 74 and Firefox ESR 68.6 (CVE-2020-6814)

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

Solution

Update the affected firefox package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0820

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 145866

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2020-0820.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/1/2021

Updated: 3/23/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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-2020-6814

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:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:firefox

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/16/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/6/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-20503, CVE-2020-6805, CVE-2020-6806, CVE-2020-6807, CVE-2020-6811, CVE-2020-6812, CVE-2020-6814

RHSA: 2020:0820