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

high 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.

See Also

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:3955

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2291401

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 201240

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2024-3955.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 7/2/2024

Updated: 7/3/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

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: 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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-5688

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/cpu, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list

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