SUSE SLES12 Security Update : MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2024:3152-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 206756

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-2024:3152-1 advisory.

- Update to Firefox Extended Support Release 128.2.0 ESR (bsc#1229821)
- CVE-2024-8381: Type confusion when looking up a property name in a 'with' block
- CVE-2024-8382: Internal event interfaces were exposed to web content when browser EventHandler listener callbacks ran
- CVE-2024-8383: Firefox did not ask before openings news: links in an external application
- CVE-2024-8384: Garbage collection could mis-color cross-compartment objects in OOM conditions
- CVE-2024-8385: WASM type confusion involving ArrayTypes
- CVE-2024-8386: SelectElements could be shown over another site if popups are allowed
- CVE-2024-8387: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 130, Firefox ESR 128.2, and Thunderbird 128.2

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: Critical

ID: 206756

File Name: suse_SU-2024-3152-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 9/7/2024

Updated: 9/7/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2024-8387

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

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: 9/6/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/3/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-8381, CVE-2024-8382, CVE-2024-8383, CVE-2024-8384, CVE-2024-8385, CVE-2024-8386, CVE-2024-8387

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:3152-1

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