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RHEL 5 / 6 / 7 : firefox (RHSA-2015:0046)
high Nessus Plugin ID 80508
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for firefox.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 / 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2015:0046 advisory.- Mozilla: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:31.4) (MFSA 2015-01) (CVE-2014-8634)
- Mozilla: sendBeacon requests lack an Origin header (MFSA 2015-03) (CVE-2014-8638)
- Mozilla: Cookie injection through Proxy Authenticate responses (MFSA 2015-04) (CVE-2014-8639)
- Mozilla: Read-after-free in WebRTC (MFSA 2015-06) (CVE-2014-8641)
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 RHEL firefox package based on the guidance in RHSA-2015:0046.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?46f85aa2
http://www.nessus.org/u?8a1ac23b
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0046
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1150572
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1180962
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1180966
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1180967
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 80508
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2015-0046.nasl
Version: 1.25
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 1/14/2015
Updated: 4/24/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Critical
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-2014-8641
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-2014-8638
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xulrunner, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xulrunner-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/13/2015
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/14/2015
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2014-8634, CVE-2014-8638, CVE-2014-8639, CVE-2014-8641