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Oracle Linux 5 / 6 / 7 : firefox (ELSA-2015-0046)

high Nessus Plugin ID 80503

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2015-0046 advisory.

 [31.4.0-1.0.1]
 - Add firefox-oracle-default-prefs.js and firefox-oracle-default-bookmarks.html and remove the corresponding Red Hat files

 [31.4.0-1]
 - Update to 31.4.0 ESR

 [31.3.0-9]
 - Fixed problems with dictionaries (mozbz#1097550)
 - Fixed rhbz#1164855 - firefox.desktop is missing x-scheme-handler MimeType entries

 [31.3.0-7]
 - Added Python 2.7 to build Firefox

 [31.3.0-6]
 - ia64 fix (mozbz#1093278)

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 firefox, xulrunner and / or xulrunner-devel packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0046.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 80503

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-0046.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/14/2015

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-8641

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-8638

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xulrunner, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:firefox, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xulrunner-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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: 1/14/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/14/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8634, CVE-2014-8638, CVE-2014-8639, CVE-2014-8641

BID: 72044, 72046, 72047, 72049

RHSA: 2015:0046