RHEL 8 : firefox (RHSA-2023:6187)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 184040

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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-2023:6187 advisory.

- Mozilla: Queued up rendering could have allowed websites to clickjack (CVE-2023-5721)

- Mozilla: Large WebGL draw could have led to a crash (CVE-2023-5724)

- Mozilla: WebExtensions could open arbitrary URLs (CVE-2023-5725)

- Mozilla: Improper object tracking during GC in the JavaScript engine could have led to a crash.
(CVE-2023-5728)

- Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 119, Firefox ESR 115.4, and Thunderbird 115.4 (CVE-2023-5730)

- Mozilla: Address bar spoofing via bidirectional characters (CVE-2023-5732)

- libvpx: crash related to VP9 encoding in libvpx (CVE-2023-44488)

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-2023:6187.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 184040

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-6187.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 10/30/2023

Updated: 4/28/2024

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-2023-5730

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox

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: 10/30/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/31/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-44488, CVE-2023-5721, CVE-2023-5724, CVE-2023-5725, CVE-2023-5728, CVE-2023-5730, CVE-2023-5732

CWE: 1021, 120, 356, 401, 450, 601, 755

IAVA: 2023-A-0585-S

RHSA: 2023:6187

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