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 Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability.

This update upgrades Firefox to version 115.4.0 ESR.

Security Fix(es):

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

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

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

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

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise 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 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: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 10/30/2023

Updated: 11/7/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous 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: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

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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