Mozilla Firefox Unsupported Version Detection

high Log Correlation Engine Plugin ID 801254

Synopsis

The remote host contains an out of date application.

Description

The version of Mozilla Firefox installed on the remote host is no longer supported by the Mozilla Foundation. The following versions of Firefox are no longer supported :

- 3.0.x

- 2.0.0.x

- 1.5.0.x

- 1.0.x

- 0.x

These versions have publicly known security vulnerabilities, but are no longer maintained by Mozilla.

Solution

Upgrade to an actively maintained version.

See Also

http://.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/upgrade.html

http://.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox10.html

http://.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox15.html

http://.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox20.html

https://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index.php/2011/04/28/firefox-4-0-1-3-6-17-and-3-5-19-security-updates-now-available

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 801254

Family: Web Clients

Published: 3/19/2010

Nessus ID: 40362