Oracle Linux 8 : firefox (ELSA-2021-3755)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 153997

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2021-3755 advisory.

[91.2.0-4.0.1]
- Removed Upstream references
- Add firefox-oracle-default-prefs.js and remove the corresponding Red Hat file

[91.2.0-4]
- Disable webrender on the s390x due to wrong colors: rhbz#2009503

[91.2.0-3]
- Update to 91.2.0 build1

[91.1.0-1]
- Update to 91.1.0 build1

* Tue Aug 17 2021 Jan Horak <[email protected]>
- Update to 91.0.1 build1

[91.0-1]
- Update to 91.0 ESR

[91.0-1]
- Update to 91.0b8

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.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2021-3755.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 153997

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2021-3755.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/11/2021

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: 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-2021-38501

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-32810

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:firefox

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/11/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/2/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-32810, CVE-2021-38496, CVE-2021-38497, CVE-2021-38498, CVE-2021-38500, CVE-2021-38501

IAVA: 2021-A-0450-S, 2021-A-0461-S