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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2020:2544-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 140386
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
This update for MozillaFirefox fixes the following issues :Firefox Extended Support Release 78.2.0 ESR
- Fixed: Various stability, functionality, and security fixes
Mozilla Firefox ESR 78.2 MFSA 2020-38 (bsc#1175686)
- CVE-2020-15663 (bmo#1643199) Downgrade attack on the Mozilla Maintenance Service could have resulted in escalation of privilege
- CVE-2020-15664 (bmo#1658214) Attacker-induced prompt for extension installation
- CVE-2020-15670 (bmo#1651001, bmo#1651449, bmo#1653626, bmo#1656957) Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 80 and Firefox ESR 78.2
Fixed Firefox tab crash in FIPS mode (bsc#1174284).
Fix broken translation-loading. (bsc#1173991)
- allow addon sideloading
- mark signatures for langpacks non-mandatory
- do not autodisable user profile scopes
Google API key is not usable for geolocation service any more
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 the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-9-2020-2544=1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-8-2020-2544=1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-9-2020-2544=1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-8-2020-2544=1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-7-2020-2544=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2020-2544=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP4-2020-2544=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP3-2020-2544=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP2-2020-2544=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-2544=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4-LTSS :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-LTSS-2020-2544=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2020-2544=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-BCL-2020-2544=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2020-2544=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-BCL-2020-2544=1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-5-2020-2544=1
HPE Helion Openstack 8 :
zypper in -t patch HPE-Helion-OpenStack-8-2020-2544=1
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1173991
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1174284
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1175686
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15663/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15664/
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 140386
File Name: suse_SU-2020-2544-1.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 9/8/2020
Updated: 2/21/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
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-2020-15663
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-2020-15670
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozillafirefox, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozillafirefox-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozillafirefox-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozillafirefox-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozillafirefox-translations-common, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12
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: 9/4/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/1/2020