AlmaLinux 9 : firefox (ALSA-2022:4590)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 167661

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2022:4590 advisory.

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://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2022-4590.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 167661

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2022-4590.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 11/16/2022

Updated: 10/3/2023

Supported Sensors: 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: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:firefox, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/18/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/18/2022

Reference Information

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

CWE: 1021, 120, 200, 281, 565