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Oracle Linux 8 : firefox (ELSA-2024-3954)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 200674

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-3954 advisory.

 [115.12.0-1.0.1]
 - Add firefox-oracle-default-prefs.js and remove the corresponding OpenELA file

 [115.12.0-1]
 - Update to 115.12.0 build1

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux 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 firefox package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2024-3954.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 200674

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2024-3954.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/18/2024

Updated: 9/11/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-5691

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:firefox

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/17/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/11/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-5688, CVE-2024-5690, CVE-2024-5691, CVE-2024-5693, CVE-2024-5696, CVE-2024-5700, CVE-2024-5702

IAVA: 2024-A-0335-S