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Oracle Linux 9 : firefox (ELSA-2025-8293)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 237489

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2025-8293 advisory.

 [128.11.0-1.0.1]
 - Fix firefox-oracle-default-prefs.js for new nss [Orabug: 37079773]
 - Add firefox-oracle-default-prefs.js and remove the corresponding Red Hat file

 [128.11.0]
 - Add debranding patches (Mustafa Gezen)
 - Add OpenELA default preferences (Louis Abel)

 [128.11.0-1]
 - Update to 128.11.0

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 and / or firefox-x11 packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2025-8293.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 237489

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2025-8293.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/29/2025

Updated: 6/25/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-5269

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:firefox-x11, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:firefox

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/29/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/27/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-5263, CVE-2025-5264, CVE-2025-5266, CVE-2025-5267, CVE-2025-5268, CVE-2025-5269

IAVA: 2025-A-0386