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Rocky Linux 8 : firefox (RLSA-2023:5184)

high Nessus Plugin ID 181629

Synopsis

The remote Rocky Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2023:5184 advisory.

 - Heap buffer overflow in WebP in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.187 allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory write via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical) (CVE-2023-4863)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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-2023:5184

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2238431

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 181629

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2023-5184.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Published: 9/19/2023

Updated: 10/6/2023

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-4863

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.4

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/19/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/12/2023

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 10/4/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-4863

IAVA: 2023-A-0466-S, 2023-A-0491-S