The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6610-1 advisory.

    Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked into opening a specially     crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, obtain     sensitive information across domains, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-0741, CVE-2024-0742,     CVE-2024-0743, CVE-2024-0744, CVE-2024-0745, CVE-2024-0747, CVE-2024-0748, CVE-2024-0749, CVE-2024-0750,     CVE-2024-0751, CVE-2024-0753, CVE-2024-0754, CVE-2024-0755)

    Cornel Ionce discovered that Firefox did not properly manage memory when opening the print preview dialog.
    An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-0746)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Firefox vulnerabilities (USN-6610-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 189735

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