RHEL 8 : firefox (RHSA-2023:4469)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 179326

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for firefox.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:4469 advisory.

- Mozilla: Offscreen Canvas could have bypassed cross-origin restrictions (CVE-2023-4045)

- Mozilla: Incorrect value used during WASM compilation (CVE-2023-4046)

- Mozilla: Potential permissions request bypass via clickjacking (CVE-2023-4047)

- Mozilla: Crash in DOMParser due to out-of-memory conditions (CVE-2023-4048)

- Mozilla: Fix potential race conditions when releasing platform objects (CVE-2023-4049)

- Mozilla: Stack buffer overflow in StorageManager (CVE-2023-4050)

- Mozilla: Cookie jar overflow caused unexpected cookie jar state (CVE-2023-4055)

- Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 116, Firefox ESR 115.1, Firefox ESR 102.14, Thunderbird 115.1, and Thunderbird 102.14 (CVE-2023-4056)

- Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 115.1, and Thunderbird 115.1 (CVE-2023-4057)

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 RHEL firefox package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:4469.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 179326

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-4469.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 8/3/2023

Updated: 4/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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-2023-4057

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:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/3/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/1/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-4045, CVE-2023-4046, CVE-2023-4047, CVE-2023-4048, CVE-2023-4049, CVE-2023-4050, CVE-2023-4055, CVE-2023-4056, CVE-2023-4057

CWE: 120, 125, 20, 280, 362, 784, 829

IAVA: 2023-A-0388-S

RHSA: 2023:4469

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