SUSE SLED15: MozillaFirefox / MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream / etc (SUSE-SU-2023:4214-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 183949

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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-2023:4214-1 advisory.

- Updated to version 115.4.0 ESR (bsc#1216338):

- CVE-2023-5721: Fixed a potential clickjack via queued up rendering.
- CVE-2023-5722: Fixed a cross-Origin size and header leakage.
- CVE-2023-5723: Fixed unexpected errors when handling invalid cookie characters.
- CVE-2023-5724: Fixed a crash due to a large WebGL draw.
- CVE-2023-5725: Fixed an issue where WebExtensions could open arbitrary URLs.
- CVE-2023-5726: Fixed an issue where fullscreen notifications would be obscured by file the open dialog on macOS.
- CVE-2023-5727: Fixed a download protection bypass on on Windows.
- CVE-2023-5728: Fixed a crash caused by improper object tracking during GC in the JavaScript engine.
- CVE-2023-5729: Fixed an issue where fullscreen notifications would be obscured by WebAuthn prompts.
- CVE-2023-5730: Fixed multiple memory safety issues.
- CVE-2023-5731: Fixed multiple memory safety issues.

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: Critical

ID: 183949

File Name: suse_SU-2023-4214-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/27/2023

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: 57.58

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-2023-5731

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: 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: 10/26/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/24/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-5721, CVE-2023-5722, CVE-2023-5723, CVE-2023-5724, CVE-2023-5725, CVE-2023-5726, CVE-2023-5727, CVE-2023-5728, CVE-2023-5729, CVE-2023-5730, CVE-2023-5731

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:4214-1

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