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Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : firefox (ELSA-2013-0981)

high Nessus Plugin ID 68839

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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-2013-0981 advisory.

 firefox [17.0.7-1.0.1.el6_4]
 - Add firefox-oracle-default-prefs.js and remove the corresponding Red Hat ones

 [17.0.7-1]
 - Update to 17.0.7 ESR

 xulrunner [17.0.7-1.0.1.el6_4]
 - Replaced xulrunner-redhat-default-prefs.js with xulrunner-oracle-default-prefs.js
 - Removed XULRUNNER_VERSION from SOURCE21

 [17.0.7-1]
 - Update to 17.0.7 ESR

 [17.0.6-5]
 - Added workaround for rhbz#973721 - fixing problem with installation of some addons

 [17.0.6-4]
 - Added a workaround for rhbz#961687 - Prelink throws message 'Cannot safely convert .rel.dyn' section from REL to RELA'

 [17.0.6-3]
 - Added patch for aliasing issues (mozbz#821502)

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-2013-0981.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 68839

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-0981.nasl

Version: 1.18

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: Critical

Score: 9.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-1686

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.4

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-1690

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: 6/26/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/26/2013

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 4/18/2022

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Firefox onreadystatechange Event DocumentViewerImpl Use After Free)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1682, CVE-2013-1684, CVE-2013-1685, CVE-2013-1686, CVE-2013-1687, CVE-2013-1690, CVE-2013-1692, CVE-2013-1693, CVE-2013-1694, CVE-2013-1697

RHSA: 2013:0981