Rocky Linux 8 : firefox (RLSA-2023:0808)

high Nessus Plugin ID 171745

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2023:0808 advisory.

- Mozilla developers Philipp and Gabriele Svelto reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 102.7.
Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 102.8 and Firefox ESR < 102.8. (CVE-2023-25746)

- An attacker could construct a PKCS 12 cert bundle in such a way that could allow for arbitrary memory writes via PKCS 12 Safe Bag attributes being mishandled. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 110, Thunderbird < 102.8, and Firefox ESR < 102.8. (CVE-2023-0767)

- The <code>Content-Security-Policy-Report-Only</code> header could allow an attacker to leak a child iframe's unredacted URI when interaction with that iframe triggers a redirect. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 110, Thunderbird < 102.8, and Firefox ESR < 102.8. (CVE-2023-25728)

- Permission prompts for opening external schemes were only shown for <code>ContentPrincipals</code> resulting in extensions being able to open them without user interaction via <code>ExpandedPrincipals</code>. This could lead to further malicious actions such as downloading files or interacting with software already installed on the system. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 110, Thunderbird < 102.8, and Firefox ESR < 102.8. (CVE-2023-25729)

- A background script invoking <code>requestFullscreen</code> and then blocking the main thread could force the browser into fullscreen mode indefinitely, resulting in potential user confusion or spoofing attacks.
This vulnerability affects Firefox < 110, Thunderbird < 102.8, and Firefox ESR < 102.8. (CVE-2023-25730)

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, firefox-debuginfo and / or firefox-debugsource packages.

See Also

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2023:0808

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2170374

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2170375

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2170376

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2170377

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2170378

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2170379

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2170381

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2170382

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2170383

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2170390

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2170391

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2170402

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 171745

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2023-0808.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 2/21/2023

Updated: 9/1/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2023-25746

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: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:firefox, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:firefox-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:firefox-debugsource, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/22/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/22/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-0767, CVE-2023-25728, CVE-2023-25729, CVE-2023-25730, CVE-2023-25732, CVE-2023-25735, CVE-2023-25737, CVE-2023-25739, CVE-2023-25742, CVE-2023-25743, CVE-2023-25744, CVE-2023-25746