Oracle Linux 5 : Critical: / firefox (ELSA-2007-0724)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 67548

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2007-0724 advisory.

[1.5.0.12-0.3.el4.0.1]
- Add firefox-oracle-default-bookmarks.html and firefox-oracle-default-prefs.js for errata rebuild

[1.5.0.12-0.3.el4]
- Add a patch to stick with major versions 1.5.0.12 / 1.8.0.12

[1.5.0.12-0.2.el4]
- Update to latest snapshot of Mozilla 1.8.0 branch
- Include patches for Mozilla bugs 379245, 384925, 178993, 381300 (+382686), 358594 (+380933), 382532 (+382503)

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-devel packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2007-0724.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 67548

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2007-0724.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 10/23/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-3738

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-3736

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:firefox-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:firefox, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5

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: 7/19/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/6/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-3089, CVE-2007-3656, CVE-2007-3734, CVE-2007-3735, CVE-2007-3736, CVE-2007-3737, CVE-2007-3738

BID: 24286, 24831, 24946

RHSA: 2007:0724