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Oracle Linux 5 / 6 / 7 : firefox (ELSA-2014-1635)

high Nessus Plugin ID 78501

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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-2014-1635 advisory.

 firefox [31.2.0-3.0.1.el7_0]
 - Add firefox-oracle-default-prefs.js and remove the corresponding Red Hat one

 [31.2.0-3]
 - Update to 31.2.0 ESR
 - Fix for mozbz#1042889

 [31.1.0-7]
 - Enable WebM on all arches

 xulrunner [31.2.0-1.0.1]
 - Replaced xulrunner-redhat-default-prefs.js with xulrunner-oracle-default-prefs.js
 - Removed XULRUNNER_VERSION from SOURCE21

 [31.2.0-1]
 - Update to 31.2.0

 [31.1.0-3]
 - move /sdk/bin to xulrunner libdir

 [31.1.0-2]
 - Sync preferences with Firefox package

 [31.1.0-1]
 - Update to 31.1.0 ESR

 [31.0-2]
 - Fix header wrapper for aarch64

 [31.0-1]
 - Update to 31.0 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-2014-1635.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 78501

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-1635.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/16/2014

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: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-1581

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-1577

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: 10/16/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/15/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-1574, CVE-2014-1576, CVE-2014-1577, CVE-2014-1578, CVE-2014-1581, CVE-2014-1583

BID: 70424, 70426, 70428, 70430, 70436, 70440

RHSA: 2014:1635