RHEL 8 : firefox (RHSA-2023:0294)

high Nessus Plugin ID 170424

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-2023:0294 advisory.

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

This update upgrades Firefox to version 102.7.0 ESR.

Security Fix(es):

* Mozilla: libusrsctp library out of date (CVE-2022-46871)

* Mozilla: Arbitrary file read from GTK drag and drop on Linux (CVE-2023-23598)

* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 109 and Firefox ESR 102.7 (CVE-2023-23605)

* Mozilla: Malicious command could be hidden in devtools output (CVE-2023-23599)

* Mozilla: URL being dragged from cross-origin iframe into same tab triggers navigation (CVE-2023-23601)

* Mozilla: Content Security Policy wasn't being correctly applied to WebSockets in WebWorkers (CVE-2023-23602)

* Mozilla: Fullscreen notification bypass (CVE-2022-46877)

* Mozilla: Calls to <code>console.log</code> allowed bypasing Content Security Policy via format directive (CVE-2023-23603)

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-2023:0294.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?9ad2fc1e

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

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0294

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2162336

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2162338

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2162339

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2162340

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2162341

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2162342

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2162343

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2162344

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 170424

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-0294.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/23/2023

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-2023-23605

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.2, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.2

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: 1/23/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/15/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-46871, CVE-2022-46877, CVE-2023-23598, CVE-2023-23599, CVE-2023-23601, CVE-2023-23602, CVE-2023-23603, CVE-2023-23605

CWE: 1104, 120, 1385, 185, 357, 450, 77, 829

IAVA: 2022-A-0517-S, 2023-A-0048-S

RHSA: 2023:0294