Oracle Linux 8 : firefox (ELSA-2019-2663)
high Nessus Plugin ID 128599
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Synopsis
The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.Description
From Red Hat Security Advisory 2019:2663 :An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. 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.
[Updated 24 September 2019] Previously, this erratum was marked as having a security impact of Critical. This was incorrect; the security impact of this erratum has been changed to Important, to correctly reflect the highest impact rating of CVE fixes included in this release. No changes have been made to the packages.
Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability.
This update upgrades Firefox to version 68.1.0 ESR.
Security Fix(es) :
* Mozilla: Sandbox escape through Firefox Sync (CVE-2019-9812)
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 69 and Firefox ESR 68.1 (CVE-2019-11735)
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 69, Firefox ESR 68.1, and Firefox ESR 60.9 (CVE-2019-11740)
* Mozilla: Same-origin policy violation with SVG filters and canvas to steal cross-origin images (CVE-2019-11742)
* Mozilla: XSS by breaking out of title and textarea elements using innerHTML (CVE-2019-11744)
* Mozilla: Use-after-free while manipulating video (CVE-2019-11746)
* Mozilla: Use-after-free while extracting a key value in IndexedDB (CVE-2019-11752)
* Mozilla: Cross-origin access to unload event attributes (CVE-2019-11743)
* Mozilla: Persistence of WebRTC permissions in a third party context (CVE-2019-11748)
* Mozilla: Camera information available without prompting using getUserMedia (CVE-2019-11749)
* Mozilla: Type confusion in Spidermonkey (CVE-2019-11750)
* Mozilla: Content security policy bypass through hash-based sources in directives (CVE-2019-11738)
* Mozilla: 'Forget about this site' removes sites from pre-loaded HSTS list (CVE-2019-11747)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Solution
Update the affected firefox package.See Also
https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2019-September/009129.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 128599
File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-2663.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 9/9/2019
Updated: 5/29/2020
Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl
Risk Information
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-11752
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 6.9
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.8
Temporal Score: 7.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:firefox, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/6/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/27/2019
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2019-11733, CVE-2019-11735, CVE-2019-11738, CVE-2019-11740, CVE-2019-11742, CVE-2019-11743, CVE-2019-11744, CVE-2019-11746, CVE-2019-11747, CVE-2019-11748, CVE-2019-11749, CVE-2019-11750, CVE-2019-11752, CVE-2019-9812
RHSA: 2019:2663