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# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2016:0373. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
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  script_version("2.25");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/05/29");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-1952", "CVE-2016-1954", "CVE-2016-1957", "CVE-2016-1958", "CVE-2016-1960", "CVE-2016-1961", "CVE-2016-1962", "CVE-2016-1964", "CVE-2016-1965", "CVE-2016-1966", "CVE-2016-1973", "CVE-2016-1974", "CVE-2016-1977", "CVE-2016-2790", "CVE-2016-2791", "CVE-2016-2792", "CVE-2016-2793", "CVE-2016-2794", "CVE-2016-2795", "CVE-2016-2796", "CVE-2016-2797", "CVE-2016-2798", "CVE-2016-2799", "CVE-2016-2800", "CVE-2016-2801", "CVE-2016-2802");
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2016:0373");

  script_name(english:"RHEL 5 / 6 / 7 : firefox (RHSA-2016:0373)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis",
    value:"The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates."
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  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description",
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"Updated firefox packages that fix multiple security issues are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Critical
security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base
scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each
vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser. XULRunner provides the
XUL Runtime environment for Mozilla Firefox.

Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A
web page containing malicious content could cause Firefox to crash or,
potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user
running Firefox. (CVE-2016-1952, CVE-2016-1954, CVE-2016-1957,
CVE-2016-1958, CVE-2016-1960, CVE-2016-1961, CVE-2016-1962,
CVE-2016-1973, CVE-2016-1974, CVE-2016-1964, CVE-2016-1965,
CVE-2016-1966)

Multiple security flaws were found in the graphite2 font library
shipped with Firefox. A web page containing malicious content could
cause Firefox to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with
the privileges of the user running Firefox. (CVE-2016-1977,
CVE-2016-2790, CVE-2016-2791, CVE-2016-2792, CVE-2016-2793,
CVE-2016-2794, CVE-2016-2795, CVE-2016-2796, CVE-2016-2797,
CVE-2016-2798, CVE-2016-2799, CVE-2016-2800, CVE-2016-2801,
CVE-2016-2802)

Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting these
issues. Upstream acknowledges Bob Clary, Christoph Diehl, Christian
Holler, Andrew McCreight, Daniel Holbert, Jesse Ruderman, Randell
Jesup, Nicolas Golubovic, Jose Martinez, Romina Santillan, Abdulrahman
Alqabandi, ca0nguyen, lokihardt, Dominique Hazael-Massieux, Nicolas
Gregoire, Tsubasa Iinuma, the Communications Electronics Security
Group (UK) of the GCHQ, Holger Fuhrmannek, Ronald Crane, and Tyson
Smith as the original reporters of these issues.

All Firefox users should upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain Firefox version 38.7.0 ESR, which corrects these issues. After
installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes to
take effect."
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    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-2795"
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    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-2790"
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  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-2791"
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  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-2792"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-2793"
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  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-1958"
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  script_set_attribute(
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    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-1957"
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  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
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    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-1973"
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  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-2802"
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  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution",
    value:"Update the affected firefox and / or firefox-debuginfo packages."
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  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:H/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");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_malware", value:"true");

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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/03/13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/03/09");
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  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Red Hat Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("rpm.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Red Hat" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Red Hat");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^(5|6|7)([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat 5.x / 6.x / 7.x", "Red Hat " + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "s390" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Red Hat", cpu);

yum_updateinfo = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/yum-updateinfo");
if (!empty_or_null(yum_updateinfo)) 
{
  rhsa = "RHSA-2016:0373";
  yum_report = redhat_generate_yum_updateinfo_report(rhsa:rhsa);
  if (!empty_or_null(yum_report))
  {
    security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : yum_report 
    );
    exit(0);
  }
  else
  {
    audit_message = "affected by Red Hat security advisory " + rhsa;
    audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, audit_message);
  }
}
else
{
  flag = 0;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", reference:"firefox-38.7.0-1.el5_11", allowmaj:TRUE)) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", reference:"firefox-debuginfo-38.7.0-1.el5_11", allowmaj:TRUE)) flag++;


  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", reference:"firefox-38.7.0-1.el6_7", allowmaj:TRUE)) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", reference:"firefox-debuginfo-38.7.0-1.el6_7", allowmaj:TRUE)) flag++;


  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", reference:"firefox-38.7.0-1.el7_2", allowmaj:TRUE)) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", reference:"firefox-debuginfo-38.7.0-1.el7_2", allowmaj:TRUE)) flag++;


  if (flag)
  {
    security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_package_caveat()
    );
    exit(0);
  }
  else
  {
    tested = pkg_tests_get();
    if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
    else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "firefox / firefox-debuginfo");
  }
}

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