FreeBSD : Mozilla -- privilege scalation attack (ea51e89a-116c-11f0-8b2c-b42e991fc52e)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 233894

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ea51e89a-116c-11f0-8b2c-b42e991fc52e advisory.

[email protected] reports:
The WebChannel API, which is used to transport various information across processes, did not check the sending principal but rather accepted the principal being sent.
This could have led to privilege escalation attacks.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the FreeBSD security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 233894

File Name: freebsd_pkg_ea51e89a116c11f08b2cb42e991fc52e.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 4/5/2025

Updated: 4/5/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-0237

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:firefox-esr, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:thunderbird, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:librewolf, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:firefox

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/4/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/7/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-0237

IAVA: 2025-A-0009-S

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