RHEL 8 : firefox (RHSA-2021:4607)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 155075

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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 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:4607 advisory.

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

This update upgrades Firefox to version 91.3.0 ESR.

Security Fix(es):

* Mozilla: Use-after-free in HTTP2 Session object

* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 94 and Firefox ESR 91.3

* Mozilla: iframe sandbox rules did not apply to XSLT stylesheets (CVE-2021-38503)

* Mozilla: Use-after-free in file picker dialog (CVE-2021-38504)

* Mozilla: Firefox could be coaxed into going into fullscreen mode without notification or warning (CVE-2021-38506)

* Mozilla: Opportunistic Encryption in HTTP2 could be used to bypass the Same-Origin-Policy on services hosted on other ports (CVE-2021-38507)

* Mozilla: Permission Prompt could be overlaid, resulting in user confusion and potential spoofing (CVE-2021-38508)

* Mozilla: Javascript alert box could have been spoofed onto an arbitrary domain (CVE-2021-38509)

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.

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-2021:4607.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 155075

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-4607.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/11/2021

Updated: 11/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-38503

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox

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: 11/10/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/3/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-38503, CVE-2021-38504, CVE-2021-38506, CVE-2021-38507, CVE-2021-38508, CVE-2021-38509, CVE-2021-43534, CVE-2021-43535

CWE: 1021, 120, 416, 732, 829

IAVA: 2021-A-0527-S

RHSA: 2021:4607

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