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Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2023-44) - Linux

2023-09-2900:00:00
Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AG
plugins.openvas.org
2
mozilla firefox
security update
linux
heap buffer overflow
libvpx
cve-2023-5217
content process
vendorfix

8.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

9.2 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.248 Low

EPSS

Percentile

96.7%

This host is missing a security update for Mozilla Firefox.

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 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

CPE = "cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.2.1.2023.44");
  script_xref(name:"CISA", value:"Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) catalog");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-5217");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2023-09-29 06:03:51 +0000 (Fri, 29 Sep 2023)");
  script_version("2023-10-13T05:06:10+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-10-13 05:06:10 +0000 (Fri, 13 Oct 2023)");
  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:"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:"2023-09-30 04:15:00 +0000 (Sat, 30 Sep 2023)");

  script_name("Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2023-44) - Linux");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("General");
  script_dependencies("gb_firefox_detect_lin.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("mozilla/firefox/linux/detected");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"MFSA2023-44");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-44/");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1486441");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1855550");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5217");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"This host is missing a security update for Mozilla Firefox.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"CVE-2023-5217: Heap buffer overflow in libvpx
Specific handling of an attacker-controlled VP8 media stream could lead to a heap buffer overflow in the content process. We are aware of this issue being exploited in other products in the wild.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Firefox version(s) below 118.0.1.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"The vendor has released an update. Please see the reference(s) for more information.");

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

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, exit_no_version: TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "118.0.1")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "118.0.1", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: 0, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

8.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

9.2 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.248 Low

EPSS

Percentile

96.7%