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RHEL 9 : firefox (RHSA-2025:17373)

🗓️ 06 Oct 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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 nessus
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RHEL 9 Firefox has multiple vulnerabilities per RHSA-2025-17373, including canvas, layout, and memory-safety flaws.

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# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:17373. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(266623);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/10/06");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2025-10527",
    "CVE-2025-10528",
    "CVE-2025-10529",
    "CVE-2025-10532",
    "CVE-2025-10533",
    "CVE-2025-10536",
    "CVE-2025-10537"
  );
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2025:17373");

  script_name(english:"RHEL 9 : firefox (RHSA-2025:17373)");

  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 a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as
referenced in the RHSA-2025:17373 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * firefox: thunderbird: Sandbox escape due to use-after-free in the Graphics: Canvas2D component
    (CVE-2025-10527)

    * firefox: thunderbird: Incorrect boundary conditions in the JavaScript: GC component (CVE-2025-10532)

    * firefox: thunderbird: Sandbox escape due to undefined behavior, invalid pointer in the Graphics:
    Canvas2D component (CVE-2025-10528)

    * firefox: thunderbird: Same-origin policy bypass in the Layout component (CVE-2025-10529)

    * firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 140.3, Thunderbird ESR 140.3, Firefox 143
    and Thunderbird 143 (CVE-2025-10537)

    * firefox: thunderbird: Information disclosure in the Networking: Cache component (CVE-2025-10536)

    * firefox: thunderbird: Integer overflow in the SVG component (CVE-2025-10533)

    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=2395745");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2395754");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2395755");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2395756");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2395759");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2395764");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2395766");
  # https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2025/rhsa-2025_17373.json
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?aa678b1c");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:17373");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the RHEL firefox package based on the guidance in RHSA-2025:17373.");
  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:R/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-2025-10537");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_cwe_id(125, 190, 416, 824);
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_severity", value:"Important");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2025/09/16");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2025/10/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/10/06");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox");
  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) 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_version = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/version');
if (isnull(os_version)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'Red Hat');
if (!rhel_check_release(operator: 'eq', os_version: os_version, rhel_version: '9.0')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat 9.0', 'Red Hat ' + os_version);

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': '9',
    'sp': '0',
    'repo_relative_urls': [
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.0/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.0/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.0/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.0/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.0/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.0/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.0/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.0/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.0/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.0/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.0/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.0/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS'
    ],
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'firefox-140.3.0-1.el9_0', 'sp':'0', '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 os_release = get_one_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/release');
var os_sp = get_one_kb_item('Host/*/minor_release');

var flag = 0;
var repo_relative_urls;
var reference;
var sp;
var _cpu;
var el_string;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp;
var epoch;
var allowmaj;
var exists_check;
var cves;
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['sp'])){
    if (constraint['sp'] != os_sp) continue;
  }

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

  foreach var pkg ( constraint['pkgs'] ) {
    reference = NULL;
    sp = NULL;
    _cpu = NULL;
    el_string = NULL;
    rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
    epoch = NULL;
    allowmaj = NULL;
    exists_check = NULL;
    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 subscription_caveat = '\n' +
    'NOTE: This vulnerability check contains fixes that apply to\n' +
    'packages only available in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux\n' +
    'Update Services for SAP Solutions repository.\n' +
    'Access to this repository requires a paid RHEL subscription.\n';
  var extra = NULL;
  if (isnull(applicable_repo_urls) || !applicable_repo_urls) extra = subscription_caveat + rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_repo_caveat();
  else extra = subscription_caveat + 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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06 Oct 2025 00:00Current
7.2High risk
Vulners AI Score7.2
CVSS 3.18.8
EPSS0.00136
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