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RHEL 9 : firefox (RHSA-2024:1487)
high Nessus Plugin ID 192550
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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 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:1487 advisory.Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability.
This update upgrades Firefox to version 115.9.1 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
* nss: timing attack against RSA decryption (CVE-2023-5388)
* Mozilla: Crash in NSS TLS method (CVE-2024-0743)
* Mozilla: JIT code failed to save return registers on Armv7-A (CVE-2024-2607)
* Mozilla: Integer overflow could have led to out of bounds write (CVE-2024-2608)
* Mozilla: Improve handling of out-of-memory conditions in ICU (CVE-2024-2616)
* Mozilla: Improper handling of html and body tags enabled CSP nonce leakage (CVE-2024-2610)
* Mozilla: Clickjacking vulnerability could have led to a user accidentally granting permissions (CVE-2024-2611)
* Mozilla: Self referencing object could have potentially led to a use-after-free (CVE-2024-2612)
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 124, Firefox ESR 115.9, and Thunderbird 115.9 (CVE-2024-2614)
* Mozilla: Privileged JavaScript Execution via Event Handlers (CVE-2024-29944)
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-2024:1487.See Also
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2243644
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1487
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2260012
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2270660
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2270661
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2270662
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2270663
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2270664
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2270665
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2270666
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2271064
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 192550
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-1487.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 3/25/2024
Updated: 6/3/2024
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
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 5.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-0743
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0, 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: 3/25/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/19/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-5388, CVE-2024-0743, CVE-2024-2607, CVE-2024-2608, CVE-2024-2610, CVE-2024-2611, CVE-2024-2612, CVE-2024-2614, CVE-2024-2616, CVE-2024-29944