The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:0809 advisory.

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

    This update upgrades Firefox to version 102.8.0 ESR.

    Security Fix(es):

    * Mozilla: Content security policy leak in violation reports using iframes (CVE-2023-25728)

    * Mozilla: Screen hijack via browser fullscreen mode (CVE-2023-25730)

    * Mozilla: Potential use-after-free from compartment mismatch in SpiderMonkey (CVE-2023-25735)

    * Mozilla: Invalid downcast in SVGUtils::SetupStrokeGeometry (CVE-2023-25737)

    * Mozilla: Use-after-free in mozilla::dom::ScriptLoadContext::~ScriptLoadContext (CVE-2023-25739)

    * Mozilla: Fullscreen notification not shown in Firefox Focus (CVE-2023-25743)

    * Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 110 and Firefox ESR 102.8 (CVE-2023-25744)

    * Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 102.8 (CVE-2023-25746)

    * Mozilla: Extensions could have opened external schemes without user knowledge (CVE-2023-25729)

    * Mozilla: Out of bounds memory write from EncodeInputStream (CVE-2023-25732)

    * Mozilla: Web Crypto ImportKey crashes tab (CVE-2023-25742)

    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 9 : firefox (RHSA-2023:0809)

high Nessus Plugin ID 171640

Version 1.6

Version 1.4

Version 1.3

Version 1.3

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.0

Version 1.6 Nov 7, 2024, 2:36 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202411071436
Version 1.4 Jan 26, 2024, 11:18 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202401262318
Version 1.3 Aug 2, 2023, 8:10 PM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" changed from 7.6 to 10.0. "CVSSv3 score" changed from 7.5 to 8.8. "CVSSv3 vector" changed from "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H" to "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H". "CVSSv2 vector" changed from "CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C" to "CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C") CVSSv3 score source (set to "CVE-2023-25746") Plugin Feed: 202308022010
Version 1.3 Jan 26, 2024, 9:00 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202401262100
Version 1.2 May 24, 2023, 8:43 PM Logic Changes (Added support for ppc64le architecture) Plugin Feed: 202305242043
Version 1.1 Mar 16, 2023, 4:17 PM IAVM reference Plugin Feed: 202303161617
Version 1.0 Feb 20, 2023, 6:03 PM New Plugin Feed: 202302201803