Oracle Linux 8 : firefox (ELSA-2025-0144)

high Nessus Plugin ID 213961

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2025-0144 advisory.

[128.6.0-1.0.1]
- Fix firefox-oracle-default-prefs.js for new nss [Orabug: 37079789]

[128.6.0]
- Add debranding patches (Mustafa Gezen)
- Add OpenELA default preferences (Louis Abel)

[128.6.0-1]
- Update to 128.6.0 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 package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2025-0144.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 213961

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2025-0144.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/11/2025

Updated: 2/6/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, 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:/a:oracle:linux:8::appstream, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:firefox

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/10/2025

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