SUSE SLES11 Security Update : MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2017:3233-1)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 105096
New! Plugin Severity Now Using CVSS v3
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
This update for MozillaFirefox ESR 52.5 fixes the following issues:Security issues fixed :
- CVE-2017-7826: Memory safety bugs fixed (bsc#1068101).
- CVE-2017-7828: Use-after-free of PressShell while restyling layout (bsc#1068101).
- CVE-2017-7830: Cross-origin URL information leak through Resource Timing API (bsc#1068101). Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory (MFSA 2017-25) :
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-25/
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch sdksp4-MozillaFirefox-13369=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch slessp4-MozillaFirefox-13369=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS:zypper in -t patch slessp3-MozillaFirefox-13369=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3:zypper in -t patch sleposp3-MozillaFirefox-13369=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-MozillaFirefox-13369=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3:zypper in -t patch dbgsp3-MozillaFirefox-13369=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1068101
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-25/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7826/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7828/
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 105096
File Name: suse_SU-2017-3233-1.nasl
Version: 3.9
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 12/8/2017
Updated: 1/19/2021
Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 7.4
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C
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: E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:MozillaFirefox, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:MozillaFirefox-translations, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/7/2017
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/11/2018