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RHEL 7 : firefox (RHSA-2025:0132)

🗓️ 09 Jan 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Remote RHEL 7 host has Firefox vulnerabilities affecting memory safety and web protocols.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:0132. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(213619);
  script_version("1.5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/06/05");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2025-0237",
    "CVE-2025-0238",
    "CVE-2025-0239",
    "CVE-2025-0240",
    "CVE-2025-0241",
    "CVE-2025-0242",
    "CVE-2025-0243"
  );
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2025:0132");
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2025-A-0009-S");

  script_name(english:"RHEL 7 : firefox (RHSA-2025:0132)");

  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 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as
referenced in the RHSA-2025:0132 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * firefox: Use-after-free when breaking lines in text (CVE-2025-0238)

    * firefox: Memory corruption when using JavaScript Text Segmentation (CVE-2025-0241)

    * firefox: Alt-Svc ALPN validation failure when redirected (CVE-2025-0239)

    * firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 134, Thunderbird 134, Firefox ESR 128.6, and
    Thunderbird 128.6 (CVE-2025-0243)

    * firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 134, Thunderbird 134, Firefox ESR 115.19,
    Firefox ESR 128.6, Thunderbird 115.19, and Thunderbird 128.6 (CVE-2025-0242)

    * firefox: WebChannel APIs susceptible to confused deputy attack (CVE-2025-0237)

    * firefox: Compartment mismatch when parsing JavaScript JSON module (CVE-2025-0240)

    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=2336165");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2336168");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2336170");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2336175");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2336181");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2336182");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2336188");
  # https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2025/rhsa-2025_0132.json
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?baaac384");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0132");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the RHEL firefox package based on the guidance in RHSA-2025:0132.");
  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:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2025-0242");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss3_score_source", value:"CVE-2025-0241");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_cwe_id(119, 120, 416, 441, 601);
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_severity", value:"Important");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2025/01/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2025/01/09");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/01/09");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
  script_end_attributes();

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

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025 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('rpm2.inc');
include('rhel.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_product = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/product');
if (isnull(os_product) || 'Red Hat' >!< os_product) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat');
var os_release = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/release');
if (isnull(os_release)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'Red Hat');
if (!rhel_check_release(operator: 'ge', os_version: os_release, rhel_version: '7')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat 7.x', 'Red Hat ' + os_release);

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 = [
  {
    'release': '7',
    'repo_relative_urls': [
      'content/els/rhel/server/7/7Server/x86_64/debug',
      'content/els/rhel/server/7/7Server/x86_64/optional/debug',
      'content/els/rhel/server/7/7Server/x86_64/optional/os',
      'content/els/rhel/server/7/7Server/x86_64/optional/source/SRPMS',
      'content/els/rhel/server/7/7Server/x86_64/os',
      'content/els/rhel/server/7/7Server/x86_64/source/SRPMS',
      'content/els/rhel/system-z/7/7Server/s390x/debug',
      'content/els/rhel/system-z/7/7Server/s390x/optional/debug',
      'content/els/rhel/system-z/7/7Server/s390x/optional/os',
      'content/els/rhel/system-z/7/7Server/s390x/optional/source/SRPMS',
      'content/els/rhel/system-z/7/7Server/s390x/os',
      'content/els/rhel/system-z/7/7Server/s390x/source/SRPMS'
    ],
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'firefox-128.6.0-1.el7_9', 'cpu':'s390x', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'allowmaj':TRUE},
      {'reference':'firefox-128.6.0-1.el7_9', 'cpu':'x86_64', '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;
var repo_relative_urls;

foreach var constraint ( constraints ) {
  # Check that the target release is equal to the affected release
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['release'])){
    if (constraint['release'] != os_release) continue;
  }

  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['repo_relative_urls'])) repo_relative_urls = constraint['repo_relative_urls'];

  foreach var pkg ( constraint['pkgs'] ) {
    var reference = 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['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 &&
        rhel_decide_repo_relative_url_check(required_repo_url_list:repo_relative_urls) &&
        (applicable_repo_urls || (!exists_check || rpm_exists(rpm:exists_check))) &&
        rpm_check(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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