SUSE SLED15: MozillaFirefox / MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream / etc (SUSE-SU-2023:4551-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 186255

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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-2023:4551-1 advisory.

- Firefox Extended Support Release 115.5.0 ESR Placeholder changelog-entry (bsc#1217230)

* Fixed: Various security fixes and other quality improvements. MFSA 2023-46 (bsc#1216338)
* CVE-2023-5721: Queued up rendering could have allowed websites to clickjack
* CVE-2023-5732: Address bar spoofing via bidirectional characters
* CVE-2023-5724: Large WebGL draw could have led to a crash
* CVE-2023-5725: WebExtensions could open arbitrary URLs
* CVE-2023-5726: Full screen notification obscured by file open dialog on macOS
* CVE-2023-5727: Download Protections were bypassed by .msix, .msixbundle, .appx, and .appxbundle files on Windows
* CVE-2023-5728: Improper object tracking during GC in the JavaScript engine could have led to a crash.
* CVE-2023-5730: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 119, Firefox ESR 115.4, and Thunderbird 115.4.1

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: 186255

File Name: suse_SU-2023-4551-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 11/25/2023

Updated: 6/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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-2023-5730

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:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozillafirefox, 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

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: 11/24/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/31/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-5721, CVE-2023-5724, CVE-2023-5725, CVE-2023-5726, CVE-2023-5727, CVE-2023-5728, CVE-2023-5730, CVE-2023-5732

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:4551-1

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