The version of Firefox ESR installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 60.5. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2019-02 advisory.
A use-after-free vulnerability can occur while parsing an HTML5 stream in concert with custom HTML elements.
This results in the stream parser object being freed while still in use, leading to a potentially exploitable crash. (CVE-2018-18500)
An earlier fix for an Inter-process Communication (IPC) vulnerability, CVE-2011-3079, added authentication to communication between IPC endpoints and server parents during IPC process creation. This authentication is insufficient for channels created after the IPC process is started, leading to the authentication not being correctly applied to later channels. This could allow for a sandbox escape through IPC channels due to lack of message validation in the listener process.
(CVE-2018-18505)
Mozilla developers and community members Alex Gaynor, Christoph Diehl, Steven Crane, Jason Kratzer, Gary Kwong, and Christian Holler reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 64 and Firefox ESR 60.4. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-18501)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory mfsa2019-02.
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mozilla Foundation.
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(121476);
script_version("1.4");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/02/09");
script_cve_id("CVE-2018-18500", "CVE-2018-18501", "CVE-2018-18505");
script_xref(name:"MFSA", value:"2019-02");
script_name(english:"Mozilla Firefox ESR < 60.5");
script_summary(english:"Checks the version of Firefox ESR.");
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 60.5. It is, therefore, affected by multiple
vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2019-02 advisory.
- A use-after-free vulnerability can occur while parsing
an HTML5 stream in concert with custom HTML elements.
This results in the stream parser object being freed
while still in use, leading to a potentially exploitable
crash. (CVE-2018-18500)
- An earlier fix for an Inter-process Communication (IPC)
vulnerability, CVE-2011-3079, added authentication to
communication between IPC endpoints and server parents
during IPC process creation. This authentication is
insufficient for channels created after the IPC process
is started, leading to the authentication not being
correctly applied to later channels. This could allow
for a sandbox escape through IPC channels due to lack of
message validation in the listener process.
(CVE-2018-18505)
- Mozilla developers and community members Alex Gaynor,
Christoph Diehl, Steven Crane, Jason Kratzer, Gary
Kwong, and Christian Holler reported memory safety bugs
present in Firefox 64 and Firefox ESR 60.4. Some of
these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we
presume that with enough effort that some of these could
be exploited to run arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-18501)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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/mfsa2019-02/");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1510114");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1497749");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1087565");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1512450");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1517542");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1513201");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1460619");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1502871");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1516738");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1516514");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 60.5 or later.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-18505");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_malware", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/01/29");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/01/29");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/01/30");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"MacOS X Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2021 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");
kb_base = "MacOSX/Firefox";
get_kb_item_or_exit(kb_base+"/Installed");
version = get_kb_item_or_exit(kb_base+"/Version", exit_code:1);
path = get_kb_item_or_exit(kb_base+"/Path", exit_code:1);
is_esr = get_kb_item(kb_base+"/is_esr");
if (isnull(is_esr)) audit(AUDIT_NOT_INST, "Mozilla Firefox ESR");
mozilla_check_version(product:'firefox', version:version, path:path, esr:TRUE, fix:'60.5', severity:SECURITY_HOLE);
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
mozilla | firefox_esr | cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr |
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-18500
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-18501
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-18505
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1087565
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1460619
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1497749
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1502871
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1510114
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1512450
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1513201
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1516514
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1516738
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1517542
www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-02/