Mozilla Firefox ESR < 68.11

high Nessus Plugin ID 139062

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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 68.11. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2020-31 advisory.

- Inappropriate implementation in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 84.0.4147.89 allowed an attacker in a privileged network position to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted SCTP stream. (CVE-2020-6514)

- Use after free in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 81.0.4044.122 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
(CVE-2020-6463)

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 68.11 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 139062

File Name: macos_firefox_68_11_esr.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks

Published: 7/29/2020

Updated: 2/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-15659

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-6463

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: 7/28/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/21/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-15649, CVE-2020-15650, CVE-2020-15652, CVE-2020-15659, CVE-2020-6463, CVE-2020-6514

IAVA: 2020-A-0344-S

MFSA: 2020-31

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