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Mozilla Firefox ESR < 115.0.2

high Nessus Plugin ID 178145

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Synopsis

A web browser installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The version of Firefox ESR installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 115.0.2. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the mfsa2023-26 advisory.

 - During the worker lifecycle, a use-after-free condition could have occured, which could have led to a potentially exploitable crash. (CVE-2023-3600)

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 115.0.2 or later.

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-26/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 178145

File Name: macos_firefox_115_0_2_esr.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 7/11/2023

Updated: 8/18/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-3600

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: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr

Required KB Items: MacOSX/Firefox/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/11/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/11/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-3600

IAVA: 2023-A-0337-S