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Oracle Linux 5 : firefox (ELSA-2009-0315)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 67810

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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-2009-0315 advisory.

 firefox:

 [3.0.7-1.0.1]
 - Update firstrun and homepage URLs
 - Added firefox-oracle-default-prefs.js/firefox-oracle-default-bookmarks.html and removed the corresponding Red Hat ones
 - Added patch oracle-firefox-branding.patch

 [3.0.7-1]
 - Update to Firefox 3.0.7

 [3.0.6-2]
 - Fixed #481805 (Unowned directory /usr/lib/firefox-*/modules)

 xulrunner:

 [1.9.0.7-1.0.1]
 - Added xulrunner-oracle-default-prefs.js and removed xulrunner-redhat-default-prefs.js

 [1.9.0.7-1]
 - Update to 1.9.0.7

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-2009-0315.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 67810

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-0315.nasl

Version: 1.14

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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-0775

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-0040

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 3/5/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/22/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0040, CVE-2009-0771, CVE-2009-0772, CVE-2009-0773, CVE-2009-0774, CVE-2009-0775, CVE-2009-0776, CVE-2009-0777

BID: 33827, 33990

RHSA: 2009:0315