Scientific Linux Security Update : firefox on SL7.x x86_64 (20191023)

high Nessus Plugin ID 130192

Synopsis

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

Description

This update upgrades Firefox to version 68.2.0 ESR.

Security Fix(es) :

- Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 70 and Firefox ESR 68.2 (CVE-2019-11764)

- Mozilla: Use-after-free when creating index updates in IndexedDB (CVE-2019-11757)

- Mozilla: Potentially exploitable crash due to 360 Total Security (CVE-2019-11758)

- Mozilla: Stack buffer overflow in HKDF output (CVE-2019-11759)

- Mozilla: Stack buffer overflow in WebRTC networking (CVE-2019-11760)

- Mozilla: Unintended access to a privileged JSONView object (CVE-2019-11761)

- Mozilla: document.domain-based origin isolation has same-origin-property violation (CVE-2019-11762)

- Mozilla: Incorrect HTML parsing results in XSS bypass technique (CVE-2019-11763)

Solution

Update the affected firefox and / or firefox-debuginfo packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?9dde1c4a

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 130192

File Name: sl_20191023_firefox_on_SL7_x.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/24/2019

Updated: 4/17/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-11764

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:firefox, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:firefox-debuginfo, x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/23/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/8/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-11757, CVE-2019-11758, CVE-2019-11759, CVE-2019-11760, CVE-2019-11761, CVE-2019-11762, CVE-2019-11763, CVE-2019-11764

IAVA: 2019-A-0395-S