SUSE SLES15: MozillaFirefox / MozillaFirefox-devel / etc (SUSE-SU-2022:4083-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 167938

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:4083-1 advisory.

Update to Firefox Extended Support Release 102.5.0 ESR (MFSA 2022-48, bsc#1205270):

- CVE-2022-45403: Service Workers might have learned size of cross-origin media files
- CVE-2022-45404: Fullscreen notification bypass
- CVE-2022-45405: Use-after-free in InputStream implementation
- CVE-2022-45406: Use-after-free of a JavaScript Realm
- CVE-2022-45408: Fullscreen notification bypass via windowName
- CVE-2022-45409: Use-after-free in Garbage Collection
- CVE-2022-45410: ServiceWorker-intercepted requests bypassed SameSite cookie policy
- CVE-2022-45411: Cross-Site Tracing was possible via non-standard override headers
- CVE-2022-45412: Symlinks may resolve to partially uninitialized buffers
- CVE-2022-45416: Keystroke Side-Channel Leakage
- CVE-2022-45418: Custom mouse cursor could have been drawn over browser UI
- CVE-2022-45420: Iframe contents could be rendered outside the iframe
- CVE-2022-45421: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 107 and Firefox ESR 102.5

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security 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 MozillaFirefox, MozillaFirefox-devel, MozillaFirefox-translations-common and / or MozillaFirefox- translations-other packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 167938

File Name: suse_SU-2022-4083-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 11/19/2022

Updated: 6/26/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.92

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-2022-45421

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-45406

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozillafirefox-translations-common, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozillafirefox, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozillafirefox-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozillafirefox-translations-other, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/18/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/15/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-45403, CVE-2022-45404, CVE-2022-45405, CVE-2022-45406, CVE-2022-45408, CVE-2022-45409, CVE-2022-45410, CVE-2022-45411, CVE-2022-45412, CVE-2022-45416, CVE-2022-45418, CVE-2022-45420, CVE-2022-45421

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:4083-1

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