SUSE SLED15: MozillaFirefox / MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream / etc (SUSE-SU-2023:0113-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 170252

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:0113-1 advisory.

- Updated to version 102.7.0 ESR (bsc#1207119):
- CVE-2022-46871: Updated an out of date library (libusrsctp) which contained several vulnerabilities.
- CVE-2023-23598: Fixed an arbitrary file read from GTK drag and drop on Linux.
- CVE-2023-23601: Fixed a potential spoofing attack when dragging a URL from a cross-origin iframe into the same tab.
- CVE-2023-23602: Fixed a mishandled security check, which caused the Content Security Policy header to be ignored for WebSockets in WebWorkers.
- CVE-2022-46877: Fixed a fullscreen notification bypass which could be leveraged in spoofing attacks.
- CVE-2023-23603: Fixed a Content Security Policy bypass via format directives.
- CVE-2023-23605: Fixed several memory safety bugs.

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 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 170252

File Name: suse_SU-2023-0113-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 1/21/2023

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: 4.9

Percentile: 58

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-2022-46871

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-23605

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozillafirefox-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozillafirefox-translations-common, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozillafirefox-translations-other, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozillafirefox, 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: 1/20/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/15/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-46871, CVE-2022-46877, CVE-2023-23598, CVE-2023-23601, CVE-2023-23602, CVE-2023-23603, CVE-2023-23605

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:0113-1

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