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Oracle Linux 5 : firefox (ELSA-2008-0207)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 67675

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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-2008-0207 advisory.

 [1.5.0.12-14.0.1]
 - Add firefox-oracle-default-bookmarks.html and firefox-oracle-default-prefs.js

 [1.5.0.12-14]
 - Fix assertions from script

 [1.5.0.12-13]
 - Ensure wrappers are properly disposed of

 [1.5.0.12-12]
 - Update to latest snapshot of Mozilla 1.8.0 branch
 - Add patches for backported fixes from 1.8.1.13

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-2008-0207.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 67675

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0207.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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-2008-1235

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-2008-1234

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/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/27/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/13/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1233, CVE-2008-1234, CVE-2008-1235, CVE-2008-1236, CVE-2008-1237, CVE-2008-1238, CVE-2008-1241

BID: 28448

RHSA: 2008:0207