RHEL 9 : firefox (RHSA-2024:5327)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 205510

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for firefox.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:5327 advisory.

Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability.

Security Fix(es):

* Firefox: 115.14/128.1 ESR ()

* mozilla: Fullscreen notification dialog can be obscured by document content (CVE-2024-7518)

* mozilla: Out of bounds memory access in graphics shared memory handling (CVE-2024-7519)

* mozilla: Type confusion in WebAssembly (CVE-2024-7520)

* mozilla: Incomplete WebAssembly exception handing (CVE-2024-7521)

* mozilla: Out of bounds read in editor component (CVE-2024-7522)

* mozilla: CSP strict-dynamic bypass using web-compatibility shims (CVE-2024-7524)

* mozilla: Missing permission check when creating a StreamFilter (CVE-2024-7525)

* mozilla: Uninitialized memory used by WebGL (CVE-2024-7526)

* mozilla: Use-after-free in JavaScript garbage collection (CVE-2024-7527)

* mozilla: Use-after-free in IndexedDB (CVE-2024-7528)

* mozilla: Document content could partially obscure security prompts (CVE-2024-7529)

* mozilla: nss: PK11_Encrypt using CKM_CHACHA20 can reveal plaintext on Intel Sandy Bridge machines (CVE-2024-7531)

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-2024:5327.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?44e9e06e

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:5327

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 205510

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-5327.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/14/2024

Updated: 11/7/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-7528

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.6

Temporal Score: 8.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-7519

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.0, 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: 8/13/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/6/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-7518, CVE-2024-7519, CVE-2024-7520, CVE-2024-7521, CVE-2024-7522, CVE-2024-7524, CVE-2024-7525, CVE-2024-7526, CVE-2024-7527, CVE-2024-7528, CVE-2024-7529

CWE: 125, 269, 416, 787, 79, 908

RHSA: 2024:5327