Oracle Linux 5 / 6 / 7 : firefox (ELSA-2016-0695)

high Nessus Plugin ID 90747

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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 a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2016-0695 advisory.

[45.1.0-1.0.1.el7_2]
- Add firefox-oracle-default-prefs.js and firefox-oracle-default-bookmarks.html and remove the corresponding Red Hat files

[45.1.0-1]
- Update to 45.1.0 ESR

[45.0.2-1]
- Update to 45.0.2 ESR

[45.0.1-1]
- Update to 45.0.1 ESR

[45.0-5]
- Fixed crashed after start (rhbz#1323744, rhbz#1323738)

[45.0-4]
- Added system-level location for configuring Firefox (rhbz#1206239)

[45.0-3]
- Update to 45.0 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 package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 90747

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-0695.nasl

Version: 2.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 4/27/2016

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-2016-2807

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-2016-2814

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:firefox, 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: 4/27/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/13/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2805, CVE-2016-2806, CVE-2016-2807, CVE-2016-2808, CVE-2016-2814

RHSA: 2016:0695

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