RHEL 5 / 6 : firefox (RHSA-2013:1268)

high Nessus Plugin ID 69943

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for firefox.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2013:1268 advisory.

- Mozilla: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:17.0.9) (MFSA 2013-76) (CVE-2013-1718)

- Mozilla: Use-after-free in Animation Manager during stylesheet cloning (MFSA 2013-79) (CVE-2013-1722)

- Mozilla: Calling scope for new Javascript objects can lead to memory corruption (MFSA 2013-82) (CVE-2013-1725)

- Mozilla: Compartment mismatch re-attaching XBL-backed nodes (MFSA 2013-88) (CVE-2013-1730)

- Mozilla: Buffer overflow with multi-column, lists, and floats (MFSA 2013-89) (CVE-2013-1732)

- Mozilla: Memory corruption involving scrolling (MFSA 2013-90) (CVE-2013-1735, CVE-2013-1736)

- Mozilla: User-defined properties on DOM proxies get the wrong this object (MFSA 2013-91) (CVE-2013-1737)

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 RHEL firefox package based on the guidance in RHSA-2013:1268.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 69943

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2013-1268.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 9/18/2013

Updated: 4/21/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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-2013-1736

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-2013-1730

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xulrunner, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xulrunner-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/17/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/18/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1718, CVE-2013-1722, CVE-2013-1725, CVE-2013-1730, CVE-2013-1732, CVE-2013-1735, CVE-2013-1736, CVE-2013-1737

BID: 62463, 62467, 62478, 62479

CWE: 416

RHSA: 2013:1268

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