Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: firefox / firefox-debuginfo / firefox-debugsource Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2024_1912)

high Nessus Plugin ID 356486

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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_1912 advisory.

* GetBoundName in the JIT returned the wrong object (CVE-2024-3852)

* Out-of-bounds-read after mis-optimized switch statement (CVE-2024-3854)

* Incorrect JITting of arguments led to use-after-free during garbage collection (CVE-2024-3857)

* Permission prompt input delay could expire when not in focus (CVE-2024-2609)

* Integer-overflow led to out-of-bounds-read in the OpenType sanitizer (CVE-2024-3859)

* Potential use-after-free due to AlignedBuffer self-move (CVE-2024-3861)

* Memory safety bug fixed in Firefox 125, Firefox ESR 115.10, and Thunderbird 115.10 (CVE-2024-3864)

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_1912.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 356486

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2024_1912.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

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: 6.9

Percentile: 96.51

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-3864

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-3854

Vulnerability Information

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/6/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/19/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-2609, CVE-2024-3852, CVE-2024-3854, CVE-2024-3857, CVE-2024-3859, CVE-2024-3861, CVE-2024-3864

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