Oracle Linux 7 : firefox (ELSA-2018-2835)
Medium Nessus Plugin ID 117815
Synopsis
The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.
Description
From Red Hat Security Advisory 2018:2835 :
An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability.
This update upgrades Firefox to version 60.2.1 ESR.
Security Fix(es) :
* Mozilla: Crash in TransportSecurityInfo due to cached data (CVE-2018-12385)
* Mozilla: Setting a master password post-Firefox 58 does not delete unencrypted previously stored passwords (CVE-2018-12383)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting these issues. Upstream acknowledges Philipp and Jurgen Gaeremyn as the original reporters.
Solution
Update the affected firefox package.