CentOS 8 : firefox (CESA-2023:0288)

high Nessus Plugin ID 190147

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2023:0288 advisory.

- Mozilla: libusrsctp library out of date (CVE-2022-46871)

- Mozilla: Fullscreen notification bypass (CVE-2022-46877)

- Mozilla: Arbitrary file read from GTK drag and drop on Linux (CVE-2023-23598)

- Mozilla: Malicious command could be hidden in devtools output (CVE-2023-23599)

- Mozilla: URL being dragged from cross-origin iframe into same tab triggers navigation (CVE-2023-23601)

- Mozilla: Content Security Policy wasn't being correctly applied to WebSockets in WebWorkers (CVE-2023-23602)

- Mozilla: Calls to <code>console.log</code> allowed bypasing Content Security Policy via format directive (CVE-2023-23603)

- Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 108 and Firefox ESR 102.6. 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. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 109, Thunderbird < 102.7, and Firefox ESR < 102.7.
(CVE-2023-23605)

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 package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0288

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 190147

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2023-0288.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/8/2024

Updated: 2/8/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless 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-2023-23605

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: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8-stream, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:firefox

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/23/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/15/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-46871, CVE-2022-46877, CVE-2023-23598, CVE-2023-23599, CVE-2023-23601, CVE-2023-23602, CVE-2023-23603, CVE-2023-23605

IAVA: 2022-A-0517-S, 2023-A-0048-S

RHSA: 2023:0288