GLSA-202102-01 : Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 145711

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-202102-01 (Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities)

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

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Mozilla Firefox ESR users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-client/firefox-78.7.0' All Mozilla Firefox ESR binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-client/firefox-bin-78.7.0' All Mozilla Firefox users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-client/firefox-85.0' All Mozilla Firefox binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-client/firefox-bin-85.0'

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-03/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-04/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202102-01

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 145711

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202102-01.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Published: 2/1/2021

Updated: 1/25/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-23965

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/1/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/26/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-23953, CVE-2021-23954, CVE-2021-23955, CVE-2021-23956, CVE-2021-23958, CVE-2021-23960, CVE-2021-23961, CVE-2021-23962, CVE-2021-23963, CVE-2021-23964, CVE-2021-23965, CVE-2021-26976

GLSA: 202102-01

IAVA: 2021-A-0185-S