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CentOS: Security Advisory for firefox (CESA-2022:6179)

🗓️ 02 Sep 2022 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone Networks GmbHType 
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The remote host is missing an update for the 'firefox' package(s) announced via the CESA-2022:6179 advisory. Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability. This update upgrades Firefox to version 91.13.0 ESR. Security fixes for CVE-2022-38472, CVE-2022-38473, CVE-2022-38477, CVE-2022-38478, and CVE-2022-38476

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# Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone Networks GmbH
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if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.884239");
  script_version("2023-10-18T05:05:17+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2022-38472", "CVE-2022-38473", "CVE-2022-38476", "CVE-2022-38477", "CVE-2022-38478");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"10.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-10-18 05:05:17 +0000 (Wed, 18 Oct 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/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:"2022-12-31 02:35:00 +0000 (Sat, 31 Dec 2022)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2022-09-02 01:00:51 +0000 (Fri, 02 Sep 2022)");
  script_name("CentOS: Security Advisory for firefox (CESA-2022:6179)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  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=CentOS7");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"CESA-2022:6179");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2022-September/073633.html");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'firefox'
  package(s) announced via the CESA-2022:6179 advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards
compliance, performance, and portability.

This update upgrades Firefox to version 91.13.0 ESR.

Security Fix(es):

  * Mozilla: Address bar spoofing via XSLT error handling (CVE-2022-38472)

  * Mozilla: Cross-origin XSLT Documents would have inherited the parent's
permissions (CVE-2022-38473)

  * Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 104 and Firefox ESR 102.2
(CVE-2022-38477)

  * Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 104, Firefox ESR 102.2, and
Firefox ESR 91.13 (CVE-2022-38478)

  * Mozilla: Data race and potential use-after-free in PK11_ChangePW
(CVE-2022-38476)

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.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'firefox' package(s) on CentOS 7.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");

  exit(0);
}

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

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

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "CentOS7") {

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"firefox", rpm:"firefox~91.13.0~1.el7.centos", rls:"CentOS7"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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