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RHEL 8 : firefox (RHSA-2024:3972)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 200693
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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-2024:3972 advisory.Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability.
This update upgrades Firefox to version 115.12.0 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
* firefox: Use-after-free in networking (CVE-2024-5702)
* firefox: Use-after-free in JavaScript object transplant (CVE-2024-5688)
* firefox: External protocol handlers leaked by timing attack (CVE-2024-5690)
* firefox: Sandboxed iframes were able to bypass sandbox restrictions to open a new window (CVE-2024-5691)
* firefox: Cross-Origin Image leak via Offscreen Canvas (CVE-2024-5693)
* firefox: Memory Corruption in Text Fragments (CVE-2024-5696)
* firefox: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 127, Firefox ESR 115.12, and Thunderbird 115.12 (CVE-2024-5700)
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-2024:3972.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?04de49a1
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2291394
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2291395
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2291396
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2291397
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2291399
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2291400
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 200693
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-3972.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 6/18/2024
Updated: 11/11/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-5691
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.7
Temporal Score: 4.1
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6, 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: 6/18/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/11/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2024-5688, CVE-2024-5690, CVE-2024-5691, CVE-2024-5693, CVE-2024-5696, CVE-2024-5700, CVE-2024-5702