RHEL 6 / 7 : firefox (RHSA-2017:3247)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 104700

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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 6 / 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2017:3247 advisory.

- Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 57 and Firefox ESR 52.5 (MFSA 2017-25) (CVE-2017-7826)

- Mozilla: Use-after-free of PressShell while restyling layout (MFSA 2017-25) (CVE-2017-7828)

- Mozilla: Cross-origin URL information leak through Resource Timing API (MFSA 2017-25) (CVE-2017-7830)

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-2017:3247.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 104700

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2017-3247.nasl

Version: 3.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/20/2017

Updated: 4/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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-2017-7826

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-7828

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

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: 11/17/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/11/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7826, CVE-2017-7828, CVE-2017-7830

CWE: 120, 200, 416

RHSA: 2017:3247

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