The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:7573 advisory.

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

    This update upgrades Firefox to version 115.5.0 ESR.

    Security Fix(es):

    * Mozilla: Out-of-bound memory access in WebGL2 blitFramebuffer (CVE-2023-6204)

    * Mozilla: Use-after-free in MessagePort::Entangled (CVE-2023-6205)

    * Mozilla: Clickjacking permission prompts using the fullscreen transition (CVE-2023-6206)

    * Mozilla: Use-after-free in ReadableByteStreamQueueEntry::Buffer (CVE-2023-6207)

    * Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 120, Firefox ESR 115.5, and Thunderbird 115.5     (CVE-2023-6212)

    * Mozilla: Using Selection API would copy contents into X11 primary selection. (CVE-2023-6208)

    * Mozilla: Incorrect parsing of relative URLs starting with /// (CVE-2023-6209)

    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-2023:7573)

high Nessus Plugin ID 186438

Version 1.6

Version 1.5

Version 1.4

Version 1.3

Version 1.2

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.0

Version 1.0

Version 1.6 Nov 7, 2024, 11:28 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202411072328
Version 1.5 Nov 5, 2024, 9:32 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202411052132
Version 1.4 Apr 28, 2024, 2:25 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202404281425
Version 1.3 Jan 26, 2024, 11:18 PM Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202401262318
Version 1.2 Dec 22, 2023, 10:57 AM IAVM reference Plugin Feed: 202312221057
Version 1.2 Jan 26, 2024, 9:00 PM Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202401262100
Version 1.1 Dec 1, 2023, 12:20 PM IAVM reference STIG Severity (set to "I") Plugin Feed: 202312011220
Version 1.0 Nov 29, 2023, 11:34 PM New Plugin Feed: 202311292334
Version 1.0 Dec 1, 2023, 10:14 AM IAVM reference STIG Severity (set to "I") Plugin Feed: 202312011014