The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2022:8550 advisory.

    Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and     portability.

    This update upgrades Firefox to version 102.5.0 ESR.

    Security Fix(es):

    * Mozilla: Service Workers might have learned size of cross-origin media files (CVE-2022-45403)

    * Mozilla: Fullscreen notification bypass (CVE-2022-45404)

    * Mozilla: Use-after-free in InputStream implementation (CVE-2022-45405)

    * Mozilla: Use-after-free of a JavaScript Realm (CVE-2022-45406)

    * Mozilla: Fullscreen notification bypass via windowName (CVE-2022-45408)

    * Mozilla: Use-after-free in Garbage Collection (CVE-2022-45409)

    * Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 107 and Firefox ESR 102.5 (CVE-2022-45421)

    * Mozilla: ServiceWorker-intercepted requests bypassed SameSite cookie policy (CVE-2022-45410)

    * Mozilla: Cross-Site Tracing was possible via non-standard override headers (CVE-2022-45411)

    * Mozilla: Symlinks may resolve to partially uninitialized buffers (CVE-2022-45412)

    * Mozilla: Keystroke Side-Channel Leakage (CVE-2022-45416)

    * Mozilla: Custom mouse cursor could have been drawn over browser UI (CVE-2022-45418)

    * Mozilla: Iframe contents could be rendered outside the iframe (CVE-2022-45420)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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

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RHEL 8 : firefox (RHSA-2022:8550)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 168033

Version 1.7