Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : firefox (ELSA-2011-1437)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 68384

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2011-1437 advisory.

firefox:
[3.6.24-3.0.1.el6_1]
- Add firefox-oracle-default-prefs.js and remove the corresponding Red Hat ones

[3.6.24-3]
- Update to 3.6.24

xulrunner:
[1.9.2.24-2.0.1.el6_1.1]
- Replace xulrunner-redhat-default-prefs.js with xulrunner-oracle-default-prefs.js

[1.9.2.24-2]
- Update to 1.9.2.24

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-2011-1437.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 68384

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-1437.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 4/29/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-3650

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-3648

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xulrunner, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, 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/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Patch Publication Date: 11/9/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/9/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3647, CVE-2011-3648, CVE-2011-3650

RHSA: 2011:1437