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Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : firefox (ELSA-2012-1088)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 68578

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2012-1088 advisory.

 firefox [10.0.6-1.0.1.el6_3]
 - Replace firefox-redhat-default-prefs.js with firefox-oracle-default-prefs.js

 [10.0.6-1]
 - Update to 10.0.6 ESR

 [10.0.5-3]
 - Enabled WebM

 [10.0.5-2]
 - Added fix for mozbz#703633, rhbz#818341

 xulrunner [10.0.6-1.0.1.el6_3]
 - Replace xulrunner-redhat-default-prefs.js with xulrunner-oracle-default-prefs.js

 [10.0.6-1]
 - Update to 10.0.6 ESR

 [10.0.5-3]
 - Added fix for rhbz#808136 (mozbz#762301)

 [10.0.5-2]
 - Enabled WebM (rhbz#798880)

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, xulrunner and / or xulrunner-devel packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2012-1088.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 68578

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-1088.nasl

Version: 1.12

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: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-1967

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-2012-1966

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, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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: 7/19/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/18/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-1948, CVE-2012-1950, CVE-2012-1951, CVE-2012-1952, CVE-2012-1953, CVE-2012-1954, CVE-2012-1955, CVE-2012-1957, CVE-2012-1958, CVE-2012-1959, CVE-2012-1961, CVE-2012-1962, CVE-2012-1963, CVE-2012-1964, CVE-2012-1965, CVE-2012-1966, CVE-2012-1967

RHSA: 2012:1088