CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
94.4%
An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser.
This update upgrades Firefox to version 45.4.0 ESR.
Security Fix(es) :
Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting these issues. Upstream acknowledges Samuel Gross, Brian Carpenter, Mei Wang, Ryan Duff, Catalin Dumitru, Mozilla developers, Christoph Diehl, Andrew McCreight, Dan Minor, Byron Campen, Jon Coppeard, Steve Fink, Tyson Smith, Philipp, Carsten Book, Abhishek Arya, Atte Kettunen, and Nils as the original reporters.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2016:1912. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
#
include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(93642);
script_version("2.19");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/05/29");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-5250", "CVE-2016-5257", "CVE-2016-5261", "CVE-2016-5270", "CVE-2016-5272", "CVE-2016-5274", "CVE-2016-5276", "CVE-2016-5277", "CVE-2016-5278", "CVE-2016-5280", "CVE-2016-5281", "CVE-2016-5284");
script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2016:1912");
script_name(english:"RHEL 5 / 6 / 7 : firefox (RHSA-2016:1912)");
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",
value:
"An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security
impact of Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base
score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each
vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser.
This update upgrades Firefox to version 45.4.0 ESR.
Security Fix(es) :
* Multiple 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-2016-5257, CVE-2016-5278,
CVE-2016-5270, CVE-2016-5272, CVE-2016-5274, CVE-2016-5276,
CVE-2016-5277, CVE-2016-5280, CVE-2016-5281, CVE-2016-5284,
CVE-2016-5250, CVE-2016-5261)
Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting these
issues. Upstream acknowledges Samuel Gross, Brian Carpenter, Mei Wang,
Ryan Duff, Catalin Dumitru, Mozilla developers, Christoph Diehl,
Andrew McCreight, Dan Minor, Byron Campen, Jon Coppeard, Steve Fink,
Tyson Smith, Philipp, Carsten Book, Abhishek Arya, Atte Kettunen, and
Nils as the original reporters."
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# https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-esr/#
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?8b5eaff4"
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script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1912"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5250"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5257"
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script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5261"
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script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5270"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5272"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5274"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5276"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5277"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5278"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5280"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5281"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5284"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:"Update the affected firefox and / or firefox-debuginfo packages."
);
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: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:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox-debuginfo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.4");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.5");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.7");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/08/05");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/09/21");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/09/22");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
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-2016:1912";
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-45.4.0-1.el5_11", allowmaj:TRUE)) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", reference:"firefox-debuginfo-45.4.0-1.el5_11", allowmaj:TRUE)) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", reference:"firefox-45.4.0-1.el6_8", allowmaj:TRUE)) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", reference:"firefox-debuginfo-45.4.0-1.el6_8", allowmaj:TRUE)) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", reference:"firefox-45.4.0-1.el7_2", allowmaj:TRUE)) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", reference:"firefox-debuginfo-45.4.0-1.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");
}
}
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5250
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5257
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5261
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5270
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5272
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5274
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5276
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5277
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5278
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5280
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5281
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5284
www.nessus.org/u?8b5eaff4
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1912
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5250
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5257
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5261
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5270
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5272
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5274
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5276
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5277
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5278
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5280
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5281
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5284
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
94.4%