openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox (openSUSE-2021-487)

high Nessus Plugin ID 148308

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for MozillaFirefox fixes the following issues :

- Firefox was updated to 78.9.0 ESR (MFSA 2021-11, bsc#1183942)

- CVE-2021-23981: Texture upload into an unbound backing buffer resulted in an out-of-bound read

- CVE-2021-23982: Internal network hosts could have been probed by a malicious webpage

- CVE-2021-23984: Malicious extensions could have spoofed popup information

- CVE-2021-23987: Memory safety bugs

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP2:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected MozillaFirefox packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1183942

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 148308

File Name: openSUSE-2021-487.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/5/2021

Updated: 4/8/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-23987

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozillafirefox, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozillafirefox-branding-upstream, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozillafirefox-buildsymbols, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozillafirefox-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozillafirefox-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozillafirefox-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozillafirefox-translations-common, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozillafirefox-translations-other, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.2

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: 3/30/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/31/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-23981, CVE-2021-23982, CVE-2021-23984, CVE-2021-23987