RHEL 8 : firefox (RHSA-2024:6682)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 207321

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:6682 advisory.

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

Security Fix(es):

* 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)

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-2024:6682.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 207321

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-6682.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 9/16/2024

Updated: 11/7/2024

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

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-2024-8387

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:redhat:rhel_eus:8.10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, 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: 9/16/2024

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

CWE: 120, 358, 497, 704, 787, 843, 862

RHSA: 2024:6682

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