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Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : firefox (ELSA-2014-0448)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 73794

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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 a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-0448 advisory.

 [24.5.0-1.0.1]
 - Add firefox-oracle-default-prefs.js and remove the corresponding Red Hat one
 - Build with nspr-devel >= 4.10.0 to fix build failure

 [24.5.0-1]
 - Update to 24.5.0 ESR

 [24.4.0-3]
 - Added a workaround for Bug 1054242 - RHEVM: Extremely high memory usage in Firefox 24 ESR on RHEL 6.5

 [24.4.0-2]
 - fixed rhbz#1067343 - Broken languagepack configuration after firefox update

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 package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0448.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 73794

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-0448.nasl

Version: 1.25

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/1/2014

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: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-1531

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-1532

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:firefox, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/1/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/30/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-1518, CVE-2014-1523, CVE-2014-1524, CVE-2014-1529, CVE-2014-1530, CVE-2014-1531, CVE-2014-1532

BID: 67123, 67129, 67130, 67131, 67134, 67135, 67137

RHSA: 2014:0448