The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:0970 advisory.

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

    This update upgrades Firefox to version 115.8.0 ESR.

    Security Fix(es):

    * Mozilla: Out-of-bounds memory read in networking channels (CVE-2024-1546)

    * Mozilla: Alert dialog could have been spoofed on another site (CVE-2024-1547)

    * Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 123, Firefox ESR 115.8, and Thunderbird 115.8     (CVE-2024-1553)

    * Mozilla: Fullscreen Notification could have been hidden by select element (CVE-2024-1548)

    * Mozilla: Custom cursor could obscure the permission dialog (CVE-2024-1549)

    * Mozilla: Mouse cursor re-positioned unexpectedly could have led to unintended permission grants     (CVE-2024-1550)

    * Mozilla: Multipart HTTP Responses would accept the Set-Cookie header in response parts (CVE-2024-1551)

    * Mozilla: Incorrect code generation on 32-bit ARM devices (CVE-2024-1552)

    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-2024:0970)

high Nessus Plugin ID 190984

Version 1.6

Version 1.5

Version 1.4

Version 1.3

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.0

Version 1.6 Nov 7, 2024, 5:29 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202411071729
Version 1.5 Nov 5, 2024, 6:29 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin Feed: 202411051829
Version 1.4 Aug 26, 2024, 7:09 AM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 score" set to 8.1) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H") Plugin Feed: 202408260709
Version 1.3 Jun 4, 2024, 7:00 PM Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202406041900
Version 1.2 Apr 28, 2024, 2:25 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202404281425
Version 1.1 Mar 21, 2024, 2:00 PM IAVM reference Plugin Feed: 202403211400
Version 1.0 Feb 26, 2024, 7:16 AM New Plugin Feed: 202402260716