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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2020:3458-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 143723
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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 78.5.0 ESR (bsc#1178824)
- CVE-2020-26951: Parsing mismatches could confuse and bypass security sanitizer for chrome privileged code
- CVE-2020-16012: Variable time processing of cross-origin images during drawImage calls
- CVE-2020-26953: Fullscreen could be enabled without displaying the security UI
- CVE-2020-26956: XSS through paste (manual and clipboard API)
- CVE-2020-26958: Requests intercepted through ServiceWorkers lacked MIME type restrictions
- CVE-2020-26959: Use-after-free in WebRequestService
- CVE-2020-26960: Potential use-after-free in uses of nsTArray
- CVE-2020-15999: Heap buffer overflow in freetype
- CVE-2020-26961: DoH did not filter IPv4 mapped IP Addresses
- CVE-2020-26965: Software keyboards may have remembered typed passwords
- CVE-2020-26966: Single-word search queries were also broadcast to local network
- CVE-2020-26968: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 83 and Firefox ESR 78.5
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 Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP2 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP2-2020-3458=1
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1178824
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15999/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16012/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-26951/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-26953/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-26956/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-26958/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-26959/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-26960/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-26961/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-26965/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-26966/
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 143723
File Name: suse_SU-2020-3458-1.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 12/9/2020
Updated: 12/5/2022
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.2
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 8.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-26968
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.8
Temporal Score: 8.4
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:H/RL:O/RC:C
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, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozillafirefox-translations-other, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/20/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/3/2020
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 11/17/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-15999, CVE-2020-16012, CVE-2020-26951, CVE-2020-26953, CVE-2020-26956, CVE-2020-26958, CVE-2020-26959, CVE-2020-26960, CVE-2020-26961, CVE-2020-26965, CVE-2020-26966, CVE-2020-26968