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Mozilla Firefox ESR < 68.6.1

high Nessus Plugin ID 135199

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Synopsis

A web browser installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Firefox ESR installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 68.6.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2020-11 advisory.

 - Under certain conditions, when running the nsDocShell destructor, a race condition can cause a use-after-free.
 We are aware of targeted attacks in the wild abusing this flaw. (CVE-2020-6819)

 - Under certain conditions, when handling a ReadableStream, a race condition can cause a use-after- free. We are aware of targeted attacks in the wild abusing this flaw. (CVE-2020-6820)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 68.6.1 or later.

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-11/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 135199

File Name: macos_firefox_68_6_1_esr.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 4/6/2020

Updated: 4/25/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-6820

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr

Required KB Items: MacOSX/Firefox/Version

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/3/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2020

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 5/3/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-6819, CVE-2020-6820

IAVA: 2020-A-0128-S

MFSA: 2020-11