The remote Debian 11 / 12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5709 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-5709-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                       Moritz Muehlenhoff     June 12, 2024                         https://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : firefox-esr     CVE ID         : CVE-2024-5688 CVE-2024-5690 CVE-2024-5691 CVE-2024-5693                      CVE-2024-5696 CVE-2024-5700 CVE-2024-5702

    Multiple security issues have been found in the Mozilla Firefox web     browser, which could potentially result in the execution of arbitrary     code, the bypass of sandbox restrictions or an information leak.

    For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed     in version 115.12.0esr-1~deb11u1.

    For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in     version 115.12.0esr-1~deb12u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your firefox-esr packages.

    For the detailed security status of firefox-esr please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/firefox-esr

    Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

    Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Detections

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Debian dsa-5709 : firefox-esr - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 200445

Version 1.8

Version 1.7

Version 1.6

Version 1.5

Version 1.4

Version 1.3

Version 1.1

Version 1.8 Aug 19, 2024, 10:05 AM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 score" set to 4.7) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N") CVSSv3 score source (changed from "CVE-2024-5696" to "CVE-2024-5691") CVSSv3 severity (based on CVE-2024-5691, severity decreased from "High" to "Medium") Plugin Feed: 202408191005
Version 1.7 Aug 2, 2024, 9:39 AM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 score" set to 8.6) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H") CVSSv3 score source (changed from "CVE-2024-5688" to "CVE-2024-5696") Plugin Feed: 202408020939
Version 1.6 Jul 3, 2024, 6:50 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") CVSSv3 score source (set to "CVE-2024-5688") Plugin Feed: 202407030650
Version 1.5 Jun 19, 2024, 5:22 AM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202406190522
Version 1.4 Jun 18, 2024, 4:46 PM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" set to 7.6) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C") CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 score" set to 7.5) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202406181646
Version 1.3 Jun 14, 2024, 2:05 AM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202406140205
Version 1.1 Jun 13, 2024, 3:23 AM New Plugin Feed: 202406130323