Amazon Linux 2 : firefox (ALASFIREFOX-2025-037)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 234978

Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of firefox installed on the remote host is prior to 128.9.0-1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2FIREFOX-2025-037 advisory.

An issue was discovered in libexpat before 2.6.4. There is a crash within the XML_ResumeParser function because XML_StopParser can stop/suspend an unstarted parser. (CVE-2024-50602)

oc_huff_tree_unpack in huffdec.c in libtheora in Theora through 1.0 7180717 has an invalid negative left shift. (CVE-2024-56431)

JavaScript code running while transforming a document with the XSLTProcessor could lead to a use-after- free. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 137, Firefox ESR < 115.22, Firefox ESR < 128.9, Thunderbird < 137, and Thunderbird < 128.9. (CVE-2025-3028)

A crafted URL containing specific Unicode characters could have hidden the true origin of the page, resulting in a potential spoofing attack. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 137, Firefox ESR < 128.9, Thunderbird < 137, and Thunderbird < 128.9. (CVE-2025-3029)

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 136, Thunderbird 136, Firefox ESR 128.8, and Thunderbird 128.8. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 137, Firefox ESR < 128.9, Thunderbird < 137, and Thunderbird < 128.9. (CVE-2025-3030)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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

Run 'yum update firefox' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 234978

File Name: al2_ALASFIREFOX-2025-037.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 4/29/2025

Updated: 4/29/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-3030

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-56431

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:firefox, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:firefox-debuginfo

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/23/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-50602, CVE-2024-56431, CVE-2025-3028, CVE-2025-3029, CVE-2025-3030

IAVA: 2025-A-0211

Detections

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