CentOS 7 : firefox (CESA-2022:5776)

high Nessus Plugin ID 163849

Synopsis

The remote CentOS Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2022:5776 advisory.

- Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 103 and 102.1 (CVE-2022-2505)

- Mozilla: Directory indexes for bundled resources reflected URL parameters (CVE-2022-36318)

- Mozilla: Mouse Position spoofing with CSS transforms (CVE-2022-36319)

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 affected firefox package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?0a35800b

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 163849

File Name: centos_RHSA-2022-5776.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/4/2022

Updated: 1/4/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-2505

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:centos:centos:firefox, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/4/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/28/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-2505, CVE-2022-36318, CVE-2022-36319

CWE: 1021, 120, 79

IAVA: 2022-A-0298-S

RHSA: 2022:5776