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Oracle Linux 5 : firefox (ELSA-2009-1674)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 67975

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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-2009-1674 advisory.

 firefox:

 [3.0.16-1.0.1.el5_4]
 - Update firstrun and homepage URLs in specfile
 - Added patch oracle-firefox-branding.patch
 - Added firefox-oracle-default-prefs.js/firefox-oracle-default-bookmarks.html and removed the corresponding Red Hat ones

 [3.0.16-1]
 - Update to 3.0.16

 xulrunner:

 [1.9.0.16-2.0.1.el5_4]
 - Added xulrunner-oracle-default-prefs.js and removed the corresponding RedHat one.

 [1.9.0.16-2]
 - Rebuild due to Mozilla's respin

 [1.9.0.16-1]
 - Update to 1.9.0.16

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-2009-1674.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 67975

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-1674.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 10/23/2024

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: 6.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-3981

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-3979

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/17/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/17/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3979, CVE-2009-3981, CVE-2009-3983, CVE-2009-3984, CVE-2009-3985, CVE-2009-3986

RHSA: 2009:1674