Fedora 39 : firefox (2024-c8549a8c75)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 192519

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 39 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-c8549a8c75 advisory.

- An attacker was able to perform an out-of-bounds read or write on a JavaScript object by fooling range- based bounds check elimination. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 124.0.1. (CVE-2024-29943)

- An attacker was able to inject an event handler into a privileged object that would allow arbitrary JavaScript execution in the parent process. Note: This vulnerability affects Desktop Firefox only, it does not affect mobile versions of Firefox. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 124.0.1 and Firefox ESR < 115.9.1. (CVE-2024-29944)

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 firefox package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 192519

File Name: fedora_2024-c8549a8c75.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 3/24/2024

Updated: 4/19/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-29944

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:fedoraproject:fedora:39, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:firefox

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/23/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/21/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-29943, CVE-2024-29944

FEDORA: 2024-c8549a8c75

IAVA: 2024-A-0174-S

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