RHEL 8 : firefox (RHSA-2020:3555)

high Nessus Plugin ID 139811

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:3555 advisory.

- Mozilla: Integer overflow in nsJPEGEncoder::emptyOutputBuffer (CVE-2020-12422)

- Mozilla: WebRTC permission prompt could have been bypassed by a compromised content process (CVE-2020-12424)

- Mozilla: Out of bound read in Date.parse() (CVE-2020-12425)

- Mozilla: X-Frame-Options bypass using object or embed tags (CVE-2020-15648)

- Mozilla: Bypassing iframe sandbox when allowing popups (CVE-2020-15653)

- Mozilla: Custom cursor can overlay user interface (CVE-2020-15654)

- Mozilla: Type confusion for special arguments in IonMonkey (CVE-2020-15656)

- Mozilla: Overriding file type when saving to disk (CVE-2020-15658)

- Mozilla: Attacker-induced prompt for extension installation (CVE-2020-15664)

- Mozilla: Use-After-Free when aborting an operation (CVE-2020-15669)

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 affected firefox package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 139811

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-3555.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 8/26/2020

Updated: 2/23/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-15656

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: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-15669

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox

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: 8/26/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/30/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-12422, CVE-2020-12424, CVE-2020-12425, CVE-2020-15648, CVE-2020-15653, CVE-2020-15654, CVE-2020-15656, CVE-2020-15658, CVE-2020-15664, CVE-2020-15669

CWE: 125, 138, 190, 276, 416, 451, 648, 843

IAVA: 2020-A-0287-S, 2020-A-0344-S, 2020-A-0391-S

RHSA: 2020:3555

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