SUSE SLES12: MozillaFirefox / MozillaFirefox-devel / etc (SUSE-SU-2022:4460-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 168720

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:4460-1 advisory.

Firefox Extended Support Release 102.6.0 ESR (bsc#1206242):

- CVE-2022-46880: Use-after-free in WebGL
- CVE-2022-46872: Arbitrary file read from a compromised content process
- CVE-2022-46881: Memory corruption in WebGL
- CVE-2022-46874: Drag and Dropped Filenames could have been truncated to malicious extensions
- CVE-2022-46875: Download Protections were bypassed by .atloc and .ftploc files on Mac OS
- CVE-2022-46882: Use-after-free in WebGL
- CVE-2022-46878: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 108 and Firefox ESR 102.6

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 and / or MozillaFirefox-translations-common packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 168720

File Name: suse_SU-2022-4460-1.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 12/14/2022

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: 6.7

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-2022-46882

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:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozillafirefox-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozillafirefox-translations-common, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozillafirefox

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: 12/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/13/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-46872, CVE-2022-46874, CVE-2022-46875, CVE-2022-46878, CVE-2022-46880, CVE-2022-46881, CVE-2022-46882

IAVA: 2022-A-0517-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:4460-1

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