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RedHat Update for firefox RHSA-2016:0197-01

🗓️ 17 Feb 2016 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AGType 
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The remote host is missing an update for the 'firefox' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser. Multiple security flaws were found in the graphite2 font library shipped with Firefox. A web page containing malicious content could cause Firefox to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firefox

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.871556");
  script_version("2024-03-21T05:06:54+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-03-21 05:06:54 +0000 (Thu, 21 Mar 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-02-17 06:25:55 +0100 (Wed, 17 Feb 2016)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-1521", "CVE-2016-1522", "CVE-2016-1523");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2017-07-01 01:29:00 +0000 (Sat, 01 Jul 2017)");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_name("RedHat Update for firefox RHSA-2016:0197-01");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'firefox'
  package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.");
  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Mozilla Firefox is an open source web
browser. XULRunner provides the XUL Runtime environment for Mozilla Firefox.

Multiple security flaws were found in the graphite2 font library shipped
with Firefox. 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-2016-1521, CVE-2016-1522, CVE-2016-1523)

All Firefox users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain
Firefox version 38.6.1 ESR, which corrects these issues. After installing
the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes to take effect.");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"firefox on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server),
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6),
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6),
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7),
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please Install the Updated Packages.");

  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2016:0197-01");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.redhat.com/archives/rhsa-announce/2016-February/msg00025.html");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Red Hat Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/rhel", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=RHENT_(7|6|5)");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release) exit(0);

res = "";

if(release == "RHENT_7")
{

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"firefox", rpm:"firefox~38.6.1~1.el7_2", rls:"RHENT_7")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"firefox-debuginfo", rpm:"firefox-debuginfo~38.6.1~1.el7_2", rls:"RHENT_7")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if (__pkg_match) exit(99);
  exit(0);
}


if(release == "RHENT_6")
{

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"firefox", rpm:"firefox~38.6.1~1.el6_7", rls:"RHENT_6")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"firefox-debuginfo", rpm:"firefox-debuginfo~38.6.1~1.el6_7", rls:"RHENT_6")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if (__pkg_match) exit(99);
  exit(0);
}


if(release == "RHENT_5")
{

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"firefox", rpm:"firefox~38.6.1~1.el5_11", rls:"RHENT_5")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"firefox-debuginfo", rpm:"firefox-debuginfo~38.6.1~1.el5_11", rls:"RHENT_5")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if (__pkg_match) exit(99);
  exit(0);
}

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