Rocky Linux 8 : firefox (RLSA-2024:6682)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 207303

Synopsis

The remote Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2024:6682 advisory.

* firefox: 115.15/128.2 ESR ()

* mozilla: Type confusion when looking up a property name in a with block (CVE-2024-8381)

* mozilla: Internal event interfaces were exposed to web content when browser EventHandler listener callbacks ran (CVE-2024-8382)

* mozilla: Firefox did not ask before openings news: links in an external application (CVE-2024-8383)

* mozilla: Garbage collection could mis-color cross-compartment objects in OOM conditions (CVE-2024-8384)

* mozilla: WASM type confusion involving ArrayTypes (CVE-2024-8385)

* mozilla: SelectElements could be shown over another site if popups are allowed (CVE-2024-8386)

* mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 130, Firefox ESR 128.2, and Thunderbird 128.2 (CVE-2024-8387)

* mozilla: Type Confusion in Async Generators in Javascript Engine (CVE-2024-7652)

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 firefox, firefox-debuginfo and / or firefox-debugsource packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 207303

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2024-6682.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 9/16/2024

Updated: 10/4/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, 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: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:firefox, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:firefox-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:firefox-debuginfo, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/17/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/9/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-7652, CVE-2024-8381, CVE-2024-8382, CVE-2024-8383, CVE-2024-8384, CVE-2024-8385, CVE-2024-8386, CVE-2024-8387

IAVA: 2024-A-0538-S

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