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Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : firefox (ELSA-2012-1407)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 68647

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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-2012-1407 advisory.

 firefox [10.0.10-1.0.1.el6_3]
 - Replaced firefox-redhat-default-prefs.js with firefox-oracle-default-prefs.js

 [10.0.10-1]
 - Update to 10.0.10 ESR

 [10.0.8-2]
 - Fixed rhbz#865284 - add the storage.nfs_filesystem config key to property list
 - disable OOP for wrapped plugins (nspluginwrapper)

 xulrunner [10.0.10-1.0.1.el6_3]
 - Replaced xulrunner-redhat-default-prefs.js with xulrunner-oracle-default-prefs.js

 [10.0.10-1]
 - Added patches from 10.0.10 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.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2012-1407.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 68647

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-1407.nasl

Version: 1.11

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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-4196

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-4194

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/28/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/29/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4194, CVE-2012-4195, CVE-2012-4196

RHSA: 2012:1407