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Oracle Linux 9 : firefox (ELSA-2024-8726)

high Nessus Plugin ID 210101

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-8726 advisory.

 [128.4.0-1.0.1]
 - Fix firefox-oracle-default-prefs.js for new nss [Orabug: 37079773]
 - Add firefox-oracle-default-prefs.js and remove the corresponding Red Hat file

 [128.4.0]
 - Add debranding patches (Mustafa Gezen)
 - Add OpenELA default preferences (Louis Abel)

 [128.4.0-1]
 - Update to 128.4.0 build1

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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 and / or firefox-x11 packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2024-8726.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 210101

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2024-8726.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/2/2024

Updated: 11/2/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-10458

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:firefox, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:firefox-x11, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9::appstream

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/1/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/29/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-10458, CVE-2024-10459, CVE-2024-10460, CVE-2024-10461, CVE-2024-10462, CVE-2024-10463, CVE-2024-10464, CVE-2024-10465, CVE-2024-10466, CVE-2024-10467

IAVA: 2024-A-0695