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Oracle Linux 5 : firefox (ELSA-2009-0256)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 67795

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2009-0256 advisory.

 firefox:

 [3.0.6-1.0.1.el5]
 - Update firstrun and homepage URLs
 - Added firefox-oracle-default-prefs.js/firefox-oracle-default-bookmarks.html and removed the corresponding Red Hat ones
 - Added patch oracle-firefox-branding.patch

 [3.0.6-1]
 - Update to Firefox 3.0.6
 - Fixed #447390 (wrong size of icons)

 nss:

 [3.12.2.0-4]
 - exclude binary db files from change detection

 [3.12.2.0-3]
 - Update to NSS_3_12_2_WITH_CKBI_1_73_RTM
 - Add dependency to pkgconfig to devel package (bug456849)

 xulrunner:

 [1.9.0.6-1.0.1.el5]
 - Added xulrunner-oracle-default-prefs.js and removed xulrunner-redhat-default-prefs.js

 [1.9.0.6-1]
 - Update to 1.9.0.6

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 packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2009-0256.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 67795

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-0256.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 4/29/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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-2009-0353

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-0354

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xulrunner, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xulrunner-devel-unstable, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss-pkcs11-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:firefox, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xulrunner-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss

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: 2/5/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/4/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0352, CVE-2009-0353, CVE-2009-0354, CVE-2009-0355, CVE-2009-0356, CVE-2009-0357, CVE-2009-0358

BID: 33598

RHSA: 2009:0256