SUSE SLES15: MozillaFirefox / MozillaFirefox-devel / etc (SUSE-SU-2023:2175-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 175594

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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-2023:2175-1 advisory.

Extended Support Release 102.11.0 ESR (bsc#1211175):

- CVE-2023-32205: Browser prompts could have been obscured by popups
- CVE-2023-32206: Crash in RLBox Expat driver
- CVE-2023-32207: Potential permissions request bypass via clickjacking
- CVE-2023-32211: Content process crash due to invalid wasm code
- CVE-2023-32212: Potential spoof due to obscured address bar
- CVE-2023-32213: Potential memory corruption in FileReader::DoReadData()
- CVE-2023-32214: Potential DoS via exposed protocol handlers
- CVE-2023-32215: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 113 and Firefox ESR 102.11

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: High

ID: 175594

File Name: suse_SU-2023-2175-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 5/14/2023

Updated: 6/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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-2023-32215

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: 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: 5/11/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/9/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-32205, CVE-2023-32206, CVE-2023-32207, CVE-2023-32211, CVE-2023-32212, CVE-2023-32213, CVE-2023-32214, CVE-2023-32215

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:2175-1

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