Rocky Linux 9 : firefox (RLSA-2024:3955)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 201240

Synopsis

The remote Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2024:3955 advisory.

* 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)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Rocky 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 affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 201240

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2024-3955.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 7/2/2024

Updated: 8/19/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2024-5702

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-5691

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:firefox, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:firefox-x11, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:firefox-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:firefox-debugsource

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/2/2024

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

IAVA: 2024-A-0335-S

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