Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : firefox (ELSA-2012-1350)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 68635

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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-2012-1350 advisory.

firefox [10.0.8-1.0.2.el6_3]
- Updated firefox-oracle-default-prefs.js based on latest firefox-redhat-default-prefs.js

[10.0.8-1.0.1.el6_3]
- Replace firefox-redhat-default-prefs.js with firefox-oracle-default-prefs.js

[10.0.8-1]
- Update to 10.0.8 ESR

xulrunner [10.0.8-1.0.1.el6_3]
- Replace xulrunner-redhat-default-prefs.js with xulrunner-oracle-default-prefs.js

[10.0.8-1]
- Update to 10.0.8 ESR

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 68635

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-1350.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-4188

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-2012-3994

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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/11/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/29/2012

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Firefox 5.0 - 15.0.1 __exposedProps__ XCS Code Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-1956, CVE-2012-3982, CVE-2012-3986, CVE-2012-3988, CVE-2012-3990, CVE-2012-3991, CVE-2012-3992, CVE-2012-3993, CVE-2012-3994, CVE-2012-3995, CVE-2012-4179, CVE-2012-4180, CVE-2012-4181, CVE-2012-4182, CVE-2012-4183, CVE-2012-4184, CVE-2012-4185, CVE-2012-4186, CVE-2012-4187, CVE-2012-4188

BID: 55260

RHSA: 2012:1350

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