RHEL 8 : firefox (RHSA-2022:1704)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 160513

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2022:1704 advisory.

- Mozilla: Bypassing permission prompt in nested browsing contexts (CVE-2022-29909)

- Mozilla: iframe Sandbox bypass (CVE-2022-29911)

- Mozilla: Reader mode bypassed SameSite cookies (CVE-2022-29912)

- Mozilla: Fullscreen notification bypass using popups (CVE-2022-29914)

- Mozilla: Leaking browser history with CSS variables (CVE-2022-29916)

- Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 100 and Firefox ESR 91.9 (CVE-2022-29917)

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 RHEL firefox package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:1704.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 160513

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-1704.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 5/4/2022

Updated: 4/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-29917

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/4/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/3/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-29909, CVE-2022-29911, CVE-2022-29912, CVE-2022-29914, CVE-2022-29916, CVE-2022-29917

CWE: 1021, 120, 281, 497, 565

IAVA: 2022-A-0188-S

RHSA: 2022:1704

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