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Oracle Linux 5 : firefox (ELSA-2008-1036)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 67777

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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-2008-1036 advisory.

 firefox :
 [3.0.5-1.0.1]
 - Added firefox-oracle-default-prefs.js/firefox-oracle-default-bookmarks.html
 - Removed the corresponding files of Red Hat.
 - Added patch oracle-firefox-branding.patch
 - Update firstrun URL in spec file

 [3.0.5-1]
 - Update to Firefox 3.0.5

 nspr:

 [4.7.3-2]
 - Update to NSPR 4.7.3

 nss:

 [3.12.2.0-2]
 - Update to NSS_3_12_2_RC1
 - Use system zlib

 xulrunner:

 [1.9.0.5-1.0.1]
 - Added xulrunner-oracle-default-prefs.js

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 packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2008-1036.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 67777

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-1036.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: 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-2008-5500

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-5513

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xulrunner, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xulrunner-devel-unstable, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss-pkcs11-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nspr, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:firefox, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nspr-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xulrunner-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/18/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/17/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-5500, CVE-2008-5501, CVE-2008-5502, CVE-2008-5505, CVE-2008-5506, CVE-2008-5507, CVE-2008-5508, CVE-2008-5510, CVE-2008-5511, CVE-2008-5512, CVE-2008-5513

BID: 32882

RHSA: 2008:1036