RHEL 7 : firefox (Unpatched Vulnerability)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 200050

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat 7 host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities that will not be patched.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

- Mozilla: Type confusion for special arguments in IonMonkey (CVE-2020-15656)

- Mozilla: Malicious Extension could obtain auth codes from OAuth login flows (CVE-2020-6823)

- Mozilla Firefox before 35.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.32 do not consider the id-pkix-ocsp-nocheck extension in deciding whether to trust an OCSP responder, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network during a session in which there was an incorrect decision to accept a compromised and revoked certificate. (CVE-2014-8642)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

Solution

The vendor has acknowledged the vulnerabilities but no solution has been provided. Refer to the vendor for remediation guidance.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 200050

File Name: redhat_unpatched_firefox-rhel7.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/3/2024

Updated: 6/3/2024

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

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-15656

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-6823

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:librsvg2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libevent, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:thunderbird, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/13/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8642, CVE-2015-6525, CVE-2016-10195, CVE-2016-10196, CVE-2016-10197, CVE-2018-12398, CVE-2018-12399, CVE-2018-12401, CVE-2018-12402, CVE-2018-12403, CVE-2018-18495, CVE-2018-18497, CVE-2019-11714, CVE-2019-11716, CVE-2019-11718, CVE-2019-11720, CVE-2019-11721, CVE-2019-11723, CVE-2019-11724, CVE-2019-11725, CVE-2019-11728, CVE-2019-11737, CVE-2019-17014, CVE-2019-20446, CVE-2019-5849, CVE-2020-12390, CVE-2020-12391, CVE-2020-12394, CVE-2020-15653, CVE-2020-15654, CVE-2020-15656, CVE-2020-15657, CVE-2020-15658, CVE-2020-6808, CVE-2020-6809, CVE-2020-6810, CVE-2020-6813, CVE-2020-6823, CVE-2020-6824