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Amazon Linux 2 : firefox (ALASFIREFOX-2024-027)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 205700
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Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.Description
The version of firefox installed on the remote host is prior to 115.13.0-1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2FIREFOX-2024-027 advisory.A heap overflow vulnerability exists in libvpx - Encoding a frame that has larger dimensions than the originally configured size with VP9 may result in a heap overflow in libvpx.We recommend upgrading to version 1.13.1 or above (CVE-2023-6349)
By monitoring the time certain operations take, an attacker could have guessed which external protocol handlers were functional on a user's system. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 127, Firefox ESR < 115.12, and Thunderbird < 115.12. (CVE-2024-5690)
By manipulating the text in an `<input>` tag, an attacker could have caused corrupt memory leading to a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 127 and Firefox ESR < 115.12.
(CVE-2024-5696)
A race condition could lead to a cross-origin container obtaining permissions of the top-level origin.
This vulnerability affects Firefox < 128 and Firefox ESR < 115.13. (CVE-2024-6601)
A mismatch between allocator and deallocator could have lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 128 and Firefox ESR < 115.13. (CVE-2024-6602)
In an out-of-memory scenario an allocation could fail but free would have been called on the pointer afterwards leading to memory corruption. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 128 and Firefox ESR < 115.13. (CVE-2024-6603)
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 127, Firefox ESR 115.12, and Thunderbird 115.12. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 128 and Firefox ESR < 115.13.
(CVE-2024-6604)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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
Run 'yum update firefox' to update your system.See Also
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALASFIREFOX-2024-027.html
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-6349.html
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-5690.html
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-5696.html
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-6601.html
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-6602.html
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-6603.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 205700
File Name: al2_ALASFIREFOX-2024-027.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 8/17/2024
Updated: 8/17/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-5690
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:firefox, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:firefox-debuginfo
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/1/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/27/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-6349, CVE-2024-5690, CVE-2024-5696, CVE-2024-6601, CVE-2024-6602, CVE-2024-6603, CVE-2024-6604
IAVA: 2024-A-0335-S, 2024-A-0386-S