CentOS Update for firefox CESA-2016:2946 centos6
🗓️ 17 Dec 2016 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 284 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mozilla Firefox 50.1.0 - Use After Free Exploit | 14 Jan 201700:00 | – | zdt | |
| mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities | 13 Dec 201600:00 | – | freebsd | |
| Security Bulletin: Mozilla Firefox vulnerability issues in IBM SONAS | 18 Jun 201800:32 | – | ibm | |
| Security Bulletin: Multiple Mozilla Firefox vulnerability issues in IBM Storwize V7000 Unified. | 18 Jun 201800:32 | – | ibm | |
| Mozilla Firefox < 50.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities | 5 Jan 201700:00 | – | nessus | |
| Mozilla Firefox ESR < 45.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities | 5 Jan 201700:00 | – | nessus | |
| CentOS 5 / 6 / 7 : firefox (CESA-2016:2946) | 20 Dec 201600:00 | – | nessus | |
| CentOS 5 / 6 / 7 : thunderbird (CESA-2016:2973) | 21 Dec 201600:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DLA-743-1 : firefox-esr security update | 16 Dec 201600:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DLA-782-1 : icedove security update | 16 Jan 201700:00 | – | nessus |
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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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.882610");
script_version("2026-04-24T06:23:04+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 06:23:04 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-12-17 05:30:47 +0100 (Sat, 17 Dec 2016)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-9893", "CVE-2016-9895", "CVE-2016-9897", "CVE-2016-9898",
"CVE-2016-9899", "CVE-2016-9900", "CVE-2016-9901", "CVE-2016-9902",
"CVE-2016-9904", "CVE-2016-9905");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2018-08-03 17:19:00 +0000 (Fri, 03 Aug 2018)");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_name("CentOS Update for firefox CESA-2016:2946 centos6");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Check the version of firefox");
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.
This update upgrades Firefox to version 45.6.0 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
* Multiple flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. 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-2016-9893, CVE-2016-9899, CVE-2016-9895, CVE-2016-9897,
CVE-2016-9898, CVE-2016-9900, CVE-2016-9901, CVE-2016-9902, CVE-2016-9904,
CVE-2016-9905)
Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting these issues.
Upstream acknowledges Philipp, Wladimir Palant, Nils, Jann Horn, Aral,
Andrew Krasichkov, insertscript, Jan de Mooij, Iris Hsiao, Christian
Holler, Carsten Book, Timothy Nikkel, Christoph Diehl, Olli Pettay, Raymond
Forbes, and Boris Zbarsky as the original reporters.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"firefox on CentOS 6");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please Install the Updated Packages.");
script_xref(name:"CESA", value:"2016:2946");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2016-December/022178.html");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
script_family("CentOS Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/centos", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=CentOS6");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
if(release == "CentOS6")
{
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"firefox", rpm:"firefox~45.6.0~1.el6.centos", rls:"CentOS6")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if (__pkg_match) exit(99);
exit(0);
}
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