Oracle Linux 5 : firefox (ELSA-2009-0436)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 67847

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-2009-0436 advisory.

firefox:

[3.0.9-1.0.1.el5]
- 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

[3.0.9-1]
- Update to Firefox 3.0.9
- Gnome crash dialog disabled (#493455)

xulrunner:

[1.9.0.9-1.0.1.el5]
- Added xulrunner-oracle-default-prefs.js and removed the corresponding RedHat one

[1.9.0.9-1]
- Update to 1.9.0.9

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-2009-0436.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 67847

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-0436.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-1307

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.8

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-1312

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/22/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/20/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0652, CVE-2009-1302, CVE-2009-1303, CVE-2009-1304, CVE-2009-1305, CVE-2009-1306, CVE-2009-1307, CVE-2009-1308, CVE-2009-1309, CVE-2009-1310, CVE-2009-1311, CVE-2009-1312

RHSA: 2009:0436