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Mozilla Firefox ESR < 115.3

2023-09-2600:00:00
This script is Copyright (C) 2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
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mozilla firefox esr
security advisory
macos
out-of-bounds write
exploitable crash
use-after-free
memory corruption

9.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

47.8%

The version of Firefox ESR installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 115.3. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2023-42 advisory.

  • A compromised content process could have provided malicious data to <code>FilterNodeD2D1</code> resulting in an out-of-bounds write, leading to a potentially exploitable crash in a privileged process.
    (CVE-2023-5168)

  • A compromised content process could have provided malicious data in a <code>PathRecording</code> resulting in an out-of-bounds write, leading to a potentially exploitable crash in a privileged process.
    (CVE-2023-5169)

  • During Ion compilation, a Garbage Collection could have resulted in a use-after-free condition, allowing an attacker to write two NUL bytes, and cause a potentially exploitable crash. (CVE-2023-5171)

  • If Windows failed to duplicate a handle during process creation, the sandbox code may have inadvertently freed a pointer twice, resulting in a use-after-free and a potentially exploitable crash. This bug only affects Firefox on Windows when run in non-standard configurations (such as using <code>runas</code>).
    Other operating systems are unaffected. (CVE-2023-5174)

  • Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 117, Firefox ESR 115.2, and Thunderbird 115.2. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-5176)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
## 
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#                                  
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory mfsa2023-42.
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mozilla Foundation.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(181878);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/10/06");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2023-5168",
    "CVE-2023-5169",
    "CVE-2023-5171",
    "CVE-2023-5174",
    "CVE-2023-5176"
  );
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2023-A-0507-S");

  script_name(english:"Mozilla Firefox ESR < 115.3");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"A web browser installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of Firefox ESR installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 115.3. It is, therefore, affected
by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2023-42 advisory.

  - A compromised content process could have provided malicious data to <code>FilterNodeD2D1</code> resulting
    in an out-of-bounds write, leading to a potentially exploitable crash in a privileged process.
    (CVE-2023-5168)

  - A compromised content process could have provided malicious data in a <code>PathRecording</code> resulting
    in an out-of-bounds write, leading to a potentially exploitable crash in a privileged process.
    (CVE-2023-5169)

  - During Ion compilation, a Garbage Collection could have resulted in a use-after-free condition, allowing
    an attacker to write two NUL bytes, and cause a potentially exploitable crash. (CVE-2023-5171)

  - If Windows failed to duplicate a handle during process creation, the sandbox code may have inadvertently
    freed a pointer twice, resulting in a use-after-free and a potentially exploitable crash. This bug only
    affects Firefox on Windows when run in non-standard configurations (such as using <code>runas</code>).
    Other operating systems are unaffected. (CVE-2023-5174)

  - Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 117, Firefox ESR 115.2, and Thunderbird 115.2. Some of these bugs
    showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been
    exploited to run arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-5176)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-42/");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 115.3 or later.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-5176");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/09/26");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/09/26");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/09/26");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"MacOS X Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("macosx_firefox_installed.nasl");
  script_require_keys("MacOSX/Firefox/Version");

  exit(0);
}

include('mozilla_version.inc');

var kb_base = 'MacOSX/Firefox';
get_kb_item_or_exit(kb_base+'/Installed');

var version = get_kb_item_or_exit(kb_base+'/Version', exit_code:1);
var path = get_kb_item_or_exit(kb_base+'/Path', exit_code:1);

var is_esr = get_kb_item(kb_base+'/is_esr');
if (isnull(is_esr)) audit(AUDIT_NOT_INST, 'Mozilla Firefox ESR');

mozilla_check_version(version:version, path:path, product:'firefox', esr:TRUE, fix:'115.3', min:'115.0.0', severity:SECURITY_HOLE);
VendorProductVersionCPE
mozillafirefox_esrcpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr

9.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

47.8%