RHEL 9 : firefox (RHSA-2022:4873)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 164860

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2022:4873 advisory.

- Mozilla: Cross-Origin resource's length leaked (CVE-2022-31736)

- Mozilla: Heap buffer overflow in WebGL (CVE-2022-31737)

- Mozilla: Browser window spoof using fullscreen mode (CVE-2022-31738)

- Mozilla: Register allocation problem in WASM on arm64 (CVE-2022-31740)

- Mozilla: Uninitialized variable leads to invalid memory read (CVE-2022-31741)

- Mozilla: Querying a WebAuthn token with a large number of allowCredential entries may have leaked cross- origin information (CVE-2022-31742)

- Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 101 and Firefox ESR 91.10 (CVE-2022-31747)

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

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-31736

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-31737

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-31738

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-31740

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-31741

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-31742

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-31747

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:4873

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2092018

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2092019

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2092021

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2092023

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2092024

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2092025

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2092026

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 164860

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-4873.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/8/2022

Updated: 5/25/2023

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: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-31747

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:9.2, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.0, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.2, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/1/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/31/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-31736, CVE-2022-31737, CVE-2022-31738, CVE-2022-31740, CVE-2022-31741, CVE-2022-31742, CVE-2022-31747

CWE: 1021, 120, 457, 770, 829

IAVA: 2022-A-0226-S

RHSA: 2022:4873