SUSE SLES12 Security Update : MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2025:0056-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 213687

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:0056-1 advisory.

- Firefox Extended Support Release 128.6.0 ESR
* Fixed: Various security fixes.

MFSA 2025-02 (bsc#1234991)
* CVE-2025-0237 (bmo#1915257) WebChannel APIs susceptible to confused deputy attack
* CVE-2025-0238 (bmo#1915535) Use-after-free when breaking lines
* CVE-2025-0239 (bmo#1929156) Alt-Svc ALPN validation failure when redirected
* CVE-2025-0240 (bmo#1929623) Compartment mismatch when parsing JavaScript JSON module
* CVE-2025-0241 (bmo#1933023) Memory corruption when using JavaScript Text Segmentation
* CVE-2025-0242 (bmo#1874523, bmo#1926454, bmo#1931873, bmo#1932169) Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 134, Thunderbird 134, Firefox ESR 115.19, Firefox ESR 128.6, Thunderbird 115.19, and Thunderbird 128.6
* CVE-2025-0243 (bmo#1827142, bmo#1932783) Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 134, Thunderbird 134, Firefox ESR 128.6, and Thunderbird 128.6

- Firefox Extended Support Release 128.5.2 ESR
* Fixed: Fixed a crash experienced by Windows users with Qihoo 360 Total Security Antivirus software installed (bmo#1934258)

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: High

ID: 213687

File Name: suse_SU-2025-0056-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 1/10/2025

Updated: 2/6/2025

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: 6.3

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-2025-0242

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.7

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-0241

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: 1/9/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/7/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-0237, CVE-2025-0238, CVE-2025-0239, CVE-2025-0240, CVE-2025-0241, CVE-2025-0242, CVE-2025-0243

IAVA: 2025-A-0009-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:0056-1

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