Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: firefox / firefox-debuginfo / firefox-debugsource Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2024_4517)

high Nessus Plugin ID 354658

Synopsis

The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2024_4517 advisory.

* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 128, Firefox ESR 115.13, and Thunderbird 115.13 (CVE-2024-6604)

* Mozilla: Race condition in permission assignment (CVE-2024-6601)

* Mozilla: Memory corruption in thread creation (CVE-2024-6603)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ 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 based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2024_4517.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4517

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2296636

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2296639

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2024:4517

http://www.nessus.org/u?90e69272

http://www.nessus.org/u?ad6787d3

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 354658

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2024_4517.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

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-2024-6604

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/OS/extended-third-party, Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/7/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/9/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-6601, CVE-2024-6603, CVE-2024-6604