Amazon Linux 2 : firefox (ALASFIREFOX-2023-012)

high Nessus Plugin ID 182051

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of firefox installed on the remote host is prior to 91.13.0-1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2FIREFOX-2023-012 advisory.

A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes the issue of Mozilla developers and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reporting memory safety bugs in Firefox 102. 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. (CVE-2022-2505)

A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes the issue of when visiting directory listings for `chrome://` URLs as source text, some parameters were reflected. (CVE-2022-36318)

A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes the issue of when combining CSS properties for overflow and transform, the mouse cursor could interact with different coordinates than displayed. (CVE-2022-36319)

A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes the issue of an attacker abusing XSLT error handling to associate attacker-controlled content with another origin, which was displayed in the address bar. This issue could be used to fool the user into submitting data intended for the spoofed origin. (CVE-2022-38472)

A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes the issue of a cross- origin iframe referencing an XSLT document inheriting the parent domain's permissions (such as microphone or camera access). (CVE-2022-38473)

A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes the issue of a data race that could occur in the `PK11_ChangePW` function, potentially leading to a use-after-free vulnerability.
In Firefox, this lock protected the data when a user changed their master password. (CVE-2022-38476)

A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes the issue of Mozilla developer Nika Layzell and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team, reporting memory safety bugs present in Firefox 103 and Firefox ESR 102.1. 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. (CVE-2022-38477)

A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes the issue of members on the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reporting memory safety bugs present in Firefox 103, Firefox ESR 102.1, and Firefox ESR 91.12. 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. (CVE-2022-38478)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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

Run 'yum update firefox' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 182051

File Name: al2_ALASFIREFOX-2023-012.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 9/27/2023

Updated: 12/11/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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-2022-38478

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:amazon:linux:firefox, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:firefox-debuginfo

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/21/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/28/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-2505, CVE-2022-36318, CVE-2022-36319, CVE-2022-38472, CVE-2022-38473, CVE-2022-38476, CVE-2022-38477, CVE-2022-38478

IAVA: 2022-A-0298-S

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