The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:3954 advisory.

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

    This update upgrades Firefox to version 115.12.0 ESR.

    Security Fix(es):

    * firefox: Use-after-free in networking (CVE-2024-5702)

    * firefox: Use-after-free in JavaScript object transplant (CVE-2024-5688)

    * firefox: External protocol handlers leaked by timing attack (CVE-2024-5690)

    * firefox:  Sandboxed iframes were able to bypass sandbox restrictions to open a new window     (CVE-2024-5691)

    * firefox: Cross-Origin Image leak via Offscreen Canvas (CVE-2024-5693)

    * firefox: Memory Corruption in Text Fragments (CVE-2024-5696)

    * firefox: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 127, Firefox ESR 115.12, and Thunderbird 115.12     (CVE-2024-5700)

    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-2024:3954)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 200657

Version 1.5