Rocky Linux 9 [CIQ] Security Update: firefox / firefox-debuginfo / firefox-debugsource / firefox-x11 Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2023_6188)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 354929

Synopsis

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

Description

The Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2023_6188 advisory.

* Mozilla: Queued up rendering could have allowed websites to clickjack (CVE-2023-5721)

* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 119, Firefox ESR 115.4, and Thunderbird 115.4 (CVE-2023-5730)

* libvpx: crash related to VP9 encoding in libvpx (CVE-2023-44488)

* Mozilla: Large WebGL draw could have led to a crash (CVE-2023-5724)

* Mozilla: WebExtensions could open arbitrary URLs (CVE-2023-5725)

* Mozilla: Improper object tracking during GC in the JavaScript engine could have led to a crash.
(CVE-2023-5728)

* Mozilla: Address bar spoofing via bidirectional characters (CVE-2023-5732)

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-2023_6188.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 354929

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_9_crlsa-2023_6188.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.58

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-2023-5730

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/11/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/29/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-44488, CVE-2023-5721, CVE-2023-5724, CVE-2023-5725, CVE-2023-5728, CVE-2023-5730, CVE-2023-5732

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