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RHEL 8 : firefox (RHSA-2024:0972)
high Nessus Plugin ID 190985
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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-2024:0972 advisory.Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability.
This update upgrades Firefox to version 115.8.0 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
* Mozilla: Out-of-bounds memory read in networking channels (CVE-2024-1546)
* Mozilla: Alert dialog could have been spoofed on another site (CVE-2024-1547)
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 123, Firefox ESR 115.8, and Thunderbird 115.8 (CVE-2024-1553)
* Mozilla: Fullscreen Notification could have been hidden by select element (CVE-2024-1548)
* Mozilla: Custom cursor could obscure the permission dialog (CVE-2024-1549)
* Mozilla: Mouse cursor re-positioned unexpectedly could have led to unintended permission grants (CVE-2024-1550)
* Mozilla: Multipart HTTP Responses would accept the Set-Cookie header in response parts (CVE-2024-1551)
* Mozilla: Incorrect code generation on 32-bit ARM devices (CVE-2024-1552)
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-2024:0972.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?4608b114
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2265349
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2265350
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2265351
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2265352
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2265353
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2265354
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2265355
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 190985
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-0972.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 2/26/2024
Updated: 11/7/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.4
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.6
Temporal Score: 5.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-1553
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.1
Temporal Score: 7.1
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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:rhel_aus:8.2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.2, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.2
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: 2/26/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/20/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2024-1546, CVE-2024-1547, CVE-2024-1548, CVE-2024-1549, CVE-2024-1550, CVE-2024-1551, CVE-2024-1552, CVE-2024-1553