RHEL 8 : firefox (RHSA-2022:9067)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 168923

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-2022:9067 advisory.

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

This update upgrades Firefox to version 102.6.0 ESR.

Security Fix(es):

* Mozilla: Arbitrary file read from a compromised content process (CVE-2022-46872)

* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 102.6 and Thunderbird 102.6 (CVE-2022-46878)

* Mozilla: Use-after-free in WebGL (CVE-2022-46880)

* Mozilla: Memory corruption in WebGL (CVE-2022-46881)

* Mozilla: Drag and Dropped Filenames could have been truncated to malicious extensions (CVE-2022-46874)

* Mozilla: Use-after-free in WebGL (CVE-2022-46882)

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-2022:9067.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?5e6b86e4

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:9067

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2153441

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2153449

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2153454

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2153463

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2153466

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2153467

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 168923

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-9067.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/19/2022

Updated: 11/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-46882

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

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: 12/15/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/13/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-46872, CVE-2022-46874, CVE-2022-46878, CVE-2022-46880, CVE-2022-46881, CVE-2022-46882

CWE: 119, 120, 200, 222, 416

IAVA: 2022-A-0517-S, 2023-A-0132-S

RHSA: 2022:9067