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RHEL 9 : firefox (RHSA-2024:6681)

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redhat enterprise linux 9
mozilla firefox
vulnerabilities
type confusion
memory safety
cve-2024-8381
cve-2024-8382
cve-2024-8383
cve-2024-8384
cve-2024-8385
cve-2024-8386
cve-2024-8387
cve-2024-7652
security advisory

CVSS3

9.8

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

AI Score

7.9

Confidence

High

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:6681 advisory.

Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and     portability.

Security Fix(es):

* firefox: 115.15/128.2 ESR ()

* mozilla: Type confusion when looking up a property name in a with block (CVE-2024-8381)

* mozilla: Internal event interfaces were exposed to web content when browser EventHandler listener     callbacks ran (CVE-2024-8382)

* mozilla: Firefox did not ask before openings news: links in an external application (CVE-2024-8383)

* mozilla: Garbage collection could mis-color cross-compartment objects in OOM conditions (CVE-2024-8384)

* mozilla: WASM type confusion involving ArrayTypes (CVE-2024-8385)

* mozilla: SelectElements could be shown over another site if popups are allowed (CVE-2024-8386)

* mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 130, Firefox ESR 128.2, and Thunderbird 128.2     (CVE-2024-8387)

* mozilla: Type Confusion in Async Generators in Javascript Engine (CVE-2024-7652)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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 Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2024:6681. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(207319);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/09/16");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2024-7652",
    "CVE-2024-8381",
    "CVE-2024-8382",
    "CVE-2024-8383",
    "CVE-2024-8384",
    "CVE-2024-8385",
    "CVE-2024-8386",
    "CVE-2024-8387"
  );
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2024:6681");

  script_name(english:"RHEL 9 : firefox (RHSA-2024:6681)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for firefox.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as
referenced in the RHSA-2024:6681 advisory.

    Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and
    portability.

    Security Fix(es):

    * firefox: 115.15/128.2 ESR ()

    * mozilla: Type confusion when looking up a property name in a with block (CVE-2024-8381)

    * mozilla: Internal event interfaces were exposed to web content when browser EventHandler listener
    callbacks ran (CVE-2024-8382)

    * mozilla: Firefox did not ask before openings news: links in an external application (CVE-2024-8383)

    * mozilla: Garbage collection could mis-color cross-compartment objects in OOM conditions (CVE-2024-8384)

    * mozilla: WASM type confusion involving ArrayTypes (CVE-2024-8385)

    * mozilla: SelectElements could be shown over another site if popups are allowed (CVE-2024-8386)

    * mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 130, Firefox ESR 128.2, and Thunderbird 128.2
    (CVE-2024-8387)

    * mozilla: Type Confusion in Async Generators in Javascript Engine (CVE-2024-7652)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and
    other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2307328");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2309427");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2309428");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2309429");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2309430");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2309431");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2309432");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2309433");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2310490");
  # https://access.redhat.com/security/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2024/rhsa-2024_6681.json
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?84297fdf");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6681");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the RHEL firefox package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:6681.");
  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-2024-8387");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_cwe_id(120, 358, 497, 704, 787, 843, 862);
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_severity", value:"Important");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2024/07/09");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2024/09/16");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2024/09/16");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9");
  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-x11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Red Hat Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

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

  exit(0);
}


include('rpm.inc');
include('rhel.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/release');
if (isnull(os_release) || 'Red Hat' >!< os_release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat');
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:os_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'Red Hat');
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (!rhel_check_release(operator: 'ge', os_version: os_ver, rhel_version: '9')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat 9.x', 'Red Hat ' + os_ver);

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

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu && 'ppc' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Red Hat', cpu);

var constraints = [
  {
    'repo_relative_urls': [
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS'
    ],
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'firefox-128.2.0-1.el9_4', 'release':'9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'allowmaj':TRUE},
      {'reference':'firefox-x11-128.2.0-1.el9_4', 'release':'9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'allowmaj':TRUE}
    ]
  }
];

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;
foreach var constraint_array ( constraints ) {
  var repo_relative_urls = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint_array['repo_relative_urls'])) repo_relative_urls = constraint_array['repo_relative_urls'];
  foreach var pkg ( constraint_array['pkgs'] ) {
    var reference = NULL;
    var _release = NULL;
    var sp = NULL;
    var _cpu = NULL;
    var el_string = NULL;
    var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
    var epoch = NULL;
    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 / firefox-x11');
}

References

CVSS3

9.8

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

AI Score

7.9

Confidence

High