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RHEL 8 : firefox (RHSA-2022:6702)
high Nessus Plugin ID 165475
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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-2022:6702 advisory.- Mozilla: Content-Security-Policy base-uri bypass (CVE-2022-40956)
- Mozilla: Incoherent instruction cache when building WASM on ARM64 (CVE-2022-40957)
- Mozilla: Bypassing Secure Context restriction for cookies with __Host and __Secure prefix (CVE-2022-40958)
- Mozilla: Bypassing FeaturePolicy restrictions on transient pages (CVE-2022-40959)
- Mozilla: Data-race when parsing non-UTF-8 URLs in threads (CVE-2022-40960)
- Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 105 and Firefox ESR 102.3 (CVE-2022-40962)
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-2022:6702.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?22b44b9f
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6702
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2128792
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2128793
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2128794
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2128795
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 165475
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-6702.nasl
Version: 1.7
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 9/26/2022
Updated: 4/28/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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-2022-40962
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: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, 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: 9/26/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/20/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-40956, CVE-2022-40957, CVE-2022-40958, CVE-2022-40959, CVE-2022-40960, CVE-2022-40962