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Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : firefox (ELSA-2013-1812)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 71366

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2013-1812 advisory.

 [24.2.0-1.0.1.el6_4]
 - Add firefox-oracle-default-prefs.js and remove the corresponding Red Hat one
 - Build with nspr-devel >= 4.10.0 to fix build failure

 [24.2.0-1]
 - Update to 24.2.0 ESR

 [24.1.0-4]
 - Fixed mozbz#938730 - avoid mix of memory allocators (crashes) when using system sqlite

 [24.1.0-3]
 - Fixed locale pickup (rhbz#1034541)

 [24.1.0-2]
 - Fixed package reinstall issue

 [24.1.0-1]
 - Update to 24.1.0 ESR

 [24.0-0.1]
 - Update to 24.0 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.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2013-1812.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 71366

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-1812.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/12/2013

Updated: 4/29/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-6671

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:firefox, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/12/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/19/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-5609, CVE-2013-5612, CVE-2013-5613, CVE-2013-5614, CVE-2013-5616, CVE-2013-5618, CVE-2013-6671

RHSA: 2013:1812