Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: firefox / firefox-debuginfo / firefox-debugsource Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2024_0955)

high Nessus Plugin ID 355895

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_0955 advisory.

* Mozilla: Out-of-bounds memory read in networking channels (CVE-2024-1546)

* Mozilla: Alert dialog could have been spoofed on another site (CVE-2024-1547)

* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 123, Firefox ESR 115.8, and Thunderbird 115.8 (CVE-2024-1553)

* Mozilla: Fullscreen Notification could have been hidden by select element (CVE-2024-1548)

* Mozilla: Custom cursor could obscure the permission dialog (CVE-2024-1549)

* Mozilla: Mouse cursor re-positioned unexpectedly could have led to unintended permission grants (CVE-2024-1550)

* Mozilla: Multipart HTTP Responses would accept the Set-Cookie header in response parts (CVE-2024-1551)

* Mozilla: Incorrect code generation on 32-bit ARM devices (CVE-2024-1552)

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_0955.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0955

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2265349

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2265350

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2265351

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2265352

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2265353

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2265354

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2265355

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2265356

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2024:0955

http://www.nessus.org/u?23fd6e58

http://www.nessus.org/u?5c4d56a1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 355895

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2024_0955.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-1552

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/12/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/20/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-1546, CVE-2024-1547, CVE-2024-1548, CVE-2024-1549, CVE-2024-1550, CVE-2024-1551, CVE-2024-1552, CVE-2024-1553