SUSE SLES12: MozillaFirefox / MozillaFirefox-devel / etc (SUSE-SU-2023:0763-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 172645

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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-2023:0763-1 advisory.

Update to version 102.9.0 ESR (bsc#1209173):

- CVE-2023-28159: Fullscreen Notification could have been hidden by download popups on Android
- CVE-2023-25748: Fullscreen Notification could have been hidden by window prompts on Android
- CVE-2023-25749: Firefox for Android may have opened third-party apps without a prompt
- CVE-2023-25750: Potential ServiceWorker cache leak during private browsing mode
- CVE-2023-25751: Incorrect code generation during JIT compilation
- CVE-2023-28160: Redirect to Web Extension files may have leaked local path
- CVE-2023-28164: URL being dragged from a removed cross-origin iframe into the same tab triggered navigation
- CVE-2023-28161: One-time permissions granted to a local file were extended to other local files loaded in the same tab
- CVE-2023-28162: Invalid downcast in Worklets
- CVE-2023-25752: Potential out-of-bounds when accessing throttled streams
- CVE-2023-28163: Windows Save As dialog resolved environment variables
- CVE-2023-28176: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 111 and Firefox ESR 102.9
- CVE-2023-28177: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 111

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: High

ID: 172645

File Name: suse_SU-2023-0763-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 3/17/2023

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: 5.9

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-2023-28177

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: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: 3/16/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/14/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-25748, CVE-2023-25749, CVE-2023-25750, CVE-2023-25751, CVE-2023-25752, CVE-2023-28159, CVE-2023-28160, CVE-2023-28161, CVE-2023-28162, CVE-2023-28163, CVE-2023-28164, CVE-2023-28176, CVE-2023-28177

IAVA: 2023-A-0132-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:0763-1

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