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RHEL 9 : firefox (RHSA-2024:9554)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 210907
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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 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:9554 advisory.Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability.
Security Fix(es):
* firefox: Use-after-free in Animation timeline (128.3.1 ESR Chemspill) (CVE-2024-9680)
* firefox: thunderbird: History interface could have been used to cause a Denial of Service condition in the browser (CVE-2024-10464)
* firefox: thunderbird: XSS due to Content-Disposition being ignored in multipart/x-mixed-replace response (CVE-2024-10461)
* firefox: thunderbird: Permission leak via embed or object elements (CVE-2024-10458)
* firefox: thunderbird: Use-after-free in layout with accessibility (CVE-2024-10459)
* firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 132, Thunderbird 132, Firefox ESR 128.4, and Thunderbird 128.4 (CVE-2024-10467)
* firefox: thunderbird: Clipboard paste button persisted across tabs (CVE-2024-10465)
* firefox: DOM push subscription message could hang Firefox (CVE-2024-10466)
* firefox: thunderbird: Cross origin video frame leak (CVE-2024-10463)
* firefox: thunderbird: Origin of permission prompt could be spoofed by long URL (CVE-2024-10462)
* firefox: thunderbird: Confusing display of origin for external protocol handler prompt (CVE-2024-10460)
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-2024:9554.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2317442
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2322424
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2322425
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2322428
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2322429
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2322433
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2322434
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2322438
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2322439
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2322440
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2322444
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 210907
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-9554.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/13/2024
Updated: 11/13/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Critical
Score: 9.4
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 8.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-9680
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 9.1
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:F/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox-x11, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/13/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/9/2024
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 11/5/2024
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, CVE-2024-9680