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Oracle Linux 5 / 6 / 7 : firefox (ELSA-2014-1144)

high Nessus Plugin ID 77513

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-1144 advisory.

 firefox [24.8.0-1.0.1.el7_0]
 - Add firefox-oracle-default-prefs.js and remove the corresponding Red Hat one

 [24.8.0-1]
 - Update to 24.8.0 ESR

 xulrunner [24.8.0-1.0.1.el7_0]
 - Replaced xulrunner-redhat-default-prefs.js with xulrunner-oracle-default-prefs.js
 - Removed XULRUNNER_VERSION from SOURCE21

 [24.8.0-1]
 - Update to 24.8.0 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-2014-1144.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 77513

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-1144.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/4/2014

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-2014-1562

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-1567

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xulrunner, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, 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: 9/4/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/3/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-1562, CVE-2014-1567

BID: 69519, 69520

RHSA: 2014:1144