Debian DSA-4620-1 : firefox-esr - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 133657

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Multiple security issues have been found in the Mozilla Firefox web browser, which could potentially result in the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the firefox-esr packages.

For the oldstable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 68.5.0esr-1~deb9u1.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 68.5.0esr-1~deb10u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 133657

File Name: debian_DSA-4620.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 2/13/2020

Updated: 3/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-6800

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/12/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/2/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-6796, CVE-2020-6798, CVE-2020-6800

DSA: 4620

IAVA: 2020-A-0072-S

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