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Fedora 26 : firefox (2018-9406d8e9aa)

high Nessus Plugin ID 108504

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Updated to the new upstream version (59.0.1)

Fixes Pwn2Own 2018 security issues (https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/59.0.1/releasenotes/)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected firefox package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-9406d8e9aa

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/59.0.1/releasenotes/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 108504

File Name: fedora_2018-9406d8e9aa.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/21/2018

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:firefox, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:26

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 3/20/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/20/2018

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