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CentOS 8 : firefox (CESA-2020:2379)

high Nessus Plugin ID 146029

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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-2020:2379 advisory.

 - Mozilla: Use-after-free in SharedWorkerService (CVE-2020-12405)

 - Mozilla: JavaScript Type confusion with NativeTypes (CVE-2020-12406)

 - Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 77 and Firefox ESR 68.9 (CVE-2020-12410)

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-2020:2379

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 146029

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2020-2379.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/1/2021

Updated: 1/24/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-12410

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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: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: 6/3/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/2/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-12405, CVE-2020-12406, CVE-2020-12410

RHSA: 2020:2379