RHEL 8 : firefox (RHSA-2021:5017)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 155971

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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-2021:5017 advisory.

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

This update upgrades Firefox to version 91.4.0 ESR.

Security Fix(es):

* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 95 and Firefox ESR 91.4

* Mozilla: URL leakage when navigating while executing asynchronous function (CVE-2021-43536)

* Mozilla: Heap buffer overflow when using structured clone (CVE-2021-43537)

* Mozilla: Missing fullscreen and pointer lock notification when requesting both (CVE-2021-43538)

* Mozilla: GC rooting failure when calling wasm instance methods (CVE-2021-43539)

* Mozilla: External protocol handler parameters were unescaped (CVE-2021-43541)

* Mozilla: XMLHttpRequest error codes could have leaked the existence of an external protocol handler (CVE-2021-43542)

* Mozilla: Bypass of CSP sandbox directive when embedding (CVE-2021-43543)

* Mozilla: Denial of Service when using the Location API in a loop (CVE-2021-43545)

* Mozilla: Cursor spoofing could overlay user interface when native cursor is zoomed (CVE-2021-43546)

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-2021:5017.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 155971

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-5017.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 12/10/2021

Updated: 11/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-43539

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-4129

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.1

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/8/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/7/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-4129, CVE-2021-43536, CVE-2021-43537, CVE-2021-43538, CVE-2021-43539, CVE-2021-43541, CVE-2021-43542, CVE-2021-43543, CVE-2021-43545, CVE-2021-43546

CWE: 1021, 120, 209, 416, 428, 79, 835

IAVA: 2021-A-0569-S

RHSA: 2021:5017

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