Oracle Linux 9 : firefox (ELSA-2023-5434)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 182652

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2023-5434 advisory.

[115.3.1-1.0.1]
- Update to 115.3.1

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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 affected firefox and / or firefox-x11 packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-5434.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 182652

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2023-5434.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/5/2023

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-5217

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-5176

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:firefox-x11, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9::appstream, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:firefox

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/5/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/12/2023

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 10/23/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-3600, CVE-2023-5169, CVE-2023-5171, CVE-2023-5176, CVE-2023-5217

IAVA: 2023-A-0337-S, 2023-A-0507-S, 2023-A-0511-S, 2023-A-0522-S