The RHEL 6 host has a package with multiple vulnerabilities. Mozilla Firefox is affected by memory safety bugs, privilege escalation, and use-after-free parsing HTML5 stream
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 148 |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Security Bulletin: Multiple Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities in IBM SONAS | 16 Jul 201906:25 | – | ibm |
![]() | Debian DLA-1648-1 : firefox-esr security update | 31 Jan 201900:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | CentOS 7 : firefox (CESA-2019:0219) | 4 Feb 201900:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | CentOS 6 : firefox (CESA-2019:0218) | 4 Feb 201900:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Debian DSA-4376-1 : firefox-esr - security update | 31 Jan 201900:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Scientific Linux Security Update : firefox on SL7.x x86_64 (20190130) | 31 Jan 201900:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2019:0336-1) | 13 Feb 201900:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Oracle Linux 7 : firefox (ELSA-2019-0219) | 31 Jan 201900:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Scientific Linux Security Update : firefox on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20190130) | 31 Jan 201900:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Oracle Linux 6 : firefox (ELSA-2019-0218) | 31 Jan 201900:00 | – | nessus |
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- Mozilla: Use-after-free parsing HTML5 stream (CVE-2018-18500)
- Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 65 and Firefox ESR 60.5 (CVE-2018-18501)
- Mozilla: Privilege escalation through IPC channel messages (CVE-2018-18505)
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var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/release');
if (isnull(os_release) || 'Red Hat' >!< os_release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat');
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var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
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var applicable_repo_urls = rhel_determine_applicable_repository_urls(constraints:constraints);
if(applicable_repo_urls == RHEL_REPOS_NO_OVERLAP_MESSAGE) exit(0, RHEL_REPO_NOT_ENABLED);
var flag = 0;
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var _cpu = NULL;
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var allowmaj = NULL;
var exists_check = NULL;
var cves = NULL;
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['release'])) _release = 'RHEL' + pkg['release'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cpu'])) _cpu = pkg['cpu'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['el_string'])) el_string = pkg['el_string'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['epoch'])) epoch = pkg['epoch'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = pkg['allowmaj'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
if (reference &&
_release &&
rhel_decide_repo_relative_url_check(required_repo_url_list:repo_relative_urls) &&
(applicable_repo_urls || (!exists_check || rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:exists_check))) &&
rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
}
}
if (flag)
{
var extra = NULL;
if (isnull(applicable_repo_urls) || !applicable_repo_urls) extra = rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_repo_caveat();
else extra = rpm_report_get();
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : extra
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'firefox');
}
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