RHEL 8 : firefox (RHSA-2020:5562)
high Nessus Plugin ID 144422
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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-2020:5562 advisory.- chromium-browser: Uninitialized Use in V8 (CVE-2020-16042)
- Mozilla: Heap buffer overflow in WebGL (CVE-2020-26971)
- Mozilla: CSS Sanitizer performed incorrect sanitization (CVE-2020-26973)
- Mozilla: Incorrect cast of StyleGenericFlexBasis resulted in a heap use-after-free (CVE-2020-26974)
- Mozilla: Internal network hosts could have been probed by a malicious webpage (CVE-2020-26978)
- Mozilla: The proxy.onRequest API did not catch view-source URLs (CVE-2020-35111)
- Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 84 and Firefox ESR 78.6 (CVE-2020-35113)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected firefox package.See Also
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/120.html
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16042
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-26971
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-26973
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-26974
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-26978
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-35111
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-35113
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5562
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1904515
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1908022
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1908023
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1908024
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1908025
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 144422
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-5562.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 12/18/2020
Updated: 10/12/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-16042
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: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.4, 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: 12/16/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/2/2020
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-16042, CVE-2020-26971, CVE-2020-26973, CVE-2020-26974, CVE-2020-26978, CVE-2020-35111, CVE-2020-35113