Executive Summary



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Summary
Title firefox security update
Informations
Name RHSA-2016:1912 First vendor Publication 2016-09-21
Vendor RedHat Last vendor Modification 2016-09-21
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision 01

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Problem Description:

An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ppc, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - ppc64, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

3. Description:

Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser.

This update upgrades Firefox to version 45.4.0 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-2016-5257, CVE-2016-5278, CVE-2016-5270, CVE-2016-5272, CVE-2016-5274, CVE-2016-5276, CVE-2016-5277, CVE-2016-5280, CVE-2016-5281, CVE-2016-5284, CVE-2016-5250, CVE-2016-5261)

Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting these issues. Upstream acknowledges Samuel Groß, Brian Carpenter, Mei Wang, Ryan Duff, Catalin Dumitru, Mozilla developers, Christoph Diehl, Andrew McCreight, Dan Minor, Byron Campen, Jon Coppeard, Steve Fink, Tyson Smith, Philipp, Carsten Book, Abhishek Arya, Atte Kettunen, and Nils as the original reporters.

4. Solution:

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1361986 - CVE-2016-5261 Mozilla: Integer overflow and memory corruption in WebSocketChannel (MFSA 2016-86) 1361998 - CVE-2016-5250 Mozilla: Resource Timing API is storing resources sent by the previous page (MFSA 2016-86) 1377543 - CVE-2016-5257 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 45.4 (MFSA 2016-86) 1377549 - CVE-2016-5278 Mozilla: Heap-buffer-overflow in nsBMPEncoder::AddImageFrame (MFSA 2016-86) 1377552 - CVE-2016-5270 Mozilla: Heap-buffer-overflow in nsCaseTransformTextRunFactory::TransformString (MFSA 2016-86) 1377554 - CVE-2016-5272 Mozilla: Bad cast in nsImageGeometryMixin (MFSA 2016-86) 1377557 - CVE-2016-5276 Mozilla: Heap-use-after-free in mozilla::a11y::DocAccessible::ProcessInvalidationList (MFSA 2016-86) 1377558 - CVE-2016-5274 Mozilla: use-after-free in nsFrameManager::CaptureFrameState (MFSA 2016-86) 1377559 - CVE-2016-5277 Mozilla: Heap-use-after-free in nsRefreshDriver::Tick (MFSA 2016-86) 1377561 - CVE-2016-5280 Mozilla: Use-after-free in mozilla::nsTextNodeDirectionalityMap::RemoveElementFromMap (MFSA 2016-86) 1377563 - CVE-2016-5281 Mozilla: use-after-free in DOMSVGLength (MFSA 2016-86) 1377565 - CVE-2016-5284 Mozilla: Add-on update site certificate pin expiration (MFSA 2016-86)

Original Source

Url : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1912.html

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
38 % CWE-416 Use After Free
23 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
15 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
8 % CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write (CWE/SANS Top 25)
8 % CWE-200 Information Exposure
8 % CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 449
Application 6

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2018-10-05 Name : A web browser installed on the remote Windows host is affected by multiple vu...
File : mozilla_firefox_49_0.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-10-05 Name : A web browser installed on the remote macOS host is affected by multiple vuln...
File : macosx_firefox_49_0.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-01 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : EulerOS_SA-2016-1046.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-01-04 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201701-15.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-10-28 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-3112-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-10-17 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-658.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-10-13 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2016-2513-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-10-11 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3690.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-10-05 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2016-2434-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-10-05 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2016-2431-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-10-05 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20161003_thunderbird_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-10-04 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2016-1985.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-10-04 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-1985.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-10-04 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.
File : centos_RHSA-2016-1985.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-27 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2016-1128.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-26 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2016-1119.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-23 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-3076-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-23 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3674.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-23 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.
File : centos_RHSA-2016-1912.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-22 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20160921_firefox_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-22 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2016-1912.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-22 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-1912.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-22 Name : The remote Windows host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple v...
File : mozilla_firefox_49.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-22 Name : The remote Windows host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple v...
File : mozilla_firefox_45_4_esr.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-22 Name : The remote Mac OS X host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple ...
File : macosx_firefox_49.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-22 Name : The remote Mac OS X host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple ...
File : macosx_firefox_45_4_esr.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-21 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_2c57c47e8bb3469483c89fc3abad3964.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-12 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_aa1aefe36e3747dbbfda343ef4acb1b5.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-08-11 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2016-960.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-08-08 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-3044-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-08-05 Name : The remote Mac OS X host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple ...
File : macosx_firefox_48.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-08-05 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2016-937.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-08-05 Name : The remote Windows host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple v...
File : mozilla_firefox_48.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2016-10-27 09:25:25
  • Multiple Updates
2016-09-24 13:26:57
  • Multiple Updates
2016-09-23 13:25:22
  • Multiple Updates
2016-09-21 13:23:54
  • First insertion