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GLSA-202004-11 : Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 135947

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202004-11 (Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Firefox. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could entice a user to view a specially crafted web page, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, an information leak or a Denial of Service condition.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Mozilla Firefox users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-client/firefox-68.7.0' All Mozilla Firefox binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-client/firefox-bin-68.7.0'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-11

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 135947

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202004-11.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 4/24/2020

Updated: 3/14/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-6826

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:firefox-bin, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:firefox

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/23/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/24/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-6821, CVE-2020-6822, CVE-2020-6823, CVE-2020-6824, CVE-2020-6825, CVE-2020-6826

GLSA: 202004-11