SUSE SLES12 Security Update : MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2024:2371-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 202101

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:2371-1 advisory.

Update to Firefox Extended Support Release 115.13.0 ESR (MFSA 2024-30, bsc#1226316):

- CVE-2024-6600: Memory corruption in WebGL API
- CVE-2024-6601: Race condition in permission assignment
- CVE-2024-6602: Memory corruption in NSS
- CVE-2024-6603: Memory corruption in thread creation
- CVE-2024-6604: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 128, Firefox ESR 115.13, and Thunderbird 115.13

Other fixes:

- Fix GNOME search provider (bsc#1225278)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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 MozillaFirefox, MozillaFirefox-devel and / or MozillaFirefox-translations-common packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 202101

File Name: suse_SU-2024-2371-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/10/2024

Updated: 11/13/2024

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

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: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozillafirefox-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozillafirefox-translations-common, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozillafirefox

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/9/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/11/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-5688, CVE-2024-5690, CVE-2024-5691, CVE-2024-5692, CVE-2024-5693, CVE-2024-5696, CVE-2024-5700, CVE-2024-5702, CVE-2024-6600, CVE-2024-6601, CVE-2024-6602, CVE-2024-6603, CVE-2024-6604

IAVA: 2024-A-0386-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:2371-1

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