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Debian DLA-2521-1 : firefox-esr security update
high Nessus Plugin ID 144836
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security update.Description
A security issue was found in the Mozilla Firefox web browser, which could potentially result in the execution of arbitrary code.For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 78.6.1esr-1~deb9u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your firefox-esr packages.
For the detailed security status of firefox-esr please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/firefox-esr
NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Upgrade the affected packages.See Also
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00009.html
https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/firefox-esr
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/firefox-esr
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 144836
File Name: debian_DLA-2521.nasl
Version: 1.7
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 1/11/2021
Updated: 1/30/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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-2020-16044
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: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-bn-bd, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-bn-in, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-br, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-bs, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-ca, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-cak, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-cs, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-cy, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-da, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-de, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-dsb, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-el, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-en-gb, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-en-za, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-eo, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-es-ar, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-es-cl, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-es-es, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-es-mx, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-et, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-eu, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-fa, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-ff, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-fi, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-fr, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-fy-nl, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-ga-ie, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-gd, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-gl, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-gn, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-gu-in, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-he, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-hi-in, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-hr, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-ach, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-af, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-all, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-an, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-ar, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-as, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-ast, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-az, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-bg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-hsb, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-hu, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-hy-am, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-id, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-is, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-it, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-ja, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-ka, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-kab, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-kk, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-km, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-kn, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-ko, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-lij, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-lt, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-lv, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-mai, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-mk, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-ml, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-mr, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-ms, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-nb-no, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-nl, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-nn-no, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-or, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-pa-in, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-pl, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-pt-br, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-pt-pt, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-rm, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-ro, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-ru, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-si, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-sk, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-sl, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-son, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-sq, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-sr, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-sv-se, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-ta, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-te, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-th, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-tr, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-uk, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-uz, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-vi, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-xh, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-zh-cn, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr-l10n-zh-tw, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-ach, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-af, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-all, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-an, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-ar, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-hu, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-hy-am, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-id, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-is, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-it, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-ja, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-ka, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-kab, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-kk, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-km, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-kn, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-ko, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-lij, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-lt, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-lv, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-mai, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-mk, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-ml, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-as, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-ast, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-az, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-bg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-bn-bd, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-bn-in, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-br, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-bs, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-ca, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-cak, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-cs, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-cy, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-da, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-de, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-dsb, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-el, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-en-gb, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-en-za, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-eo, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-es-ar, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-es-cl, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-es-es, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-es-mx, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-et, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-eu, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-fa, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-ff, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-fi, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-fr, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-fy-nl, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-ga-ie, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-gd, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-gl, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-gn, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-gu-in, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-he, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-hi-in, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-hr, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-hsb, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-sk, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-sl, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-son, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-sq, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-sr, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-sv-se, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-ta, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-te, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-th, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-tr, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-uk, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-uz, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-vi, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-xh, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-zh-cn, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-zh-tw, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-mr, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-ms, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-nb-no, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-nl, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-nn-no, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-or, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-pa-in, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-pl, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-pt-br, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-pt-pt, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-rm, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-ro, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-ru, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel-l10n-si
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/8/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/9/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-16044
IAVA: 2021-A-0005-S