The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6890-1 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-2024-6601, CVE-2024-6604,     CVE-2024-6607, CVE-2024-6608, CVE-2024-6610, CVE-2024-6611, CVE-2024-6612, CVE-2024-6613, CVE-2024-6614,     CVE-2024-6615)

    It was discovered that Firefox did not properly manage certain memory operations in the NSS. An attacker     could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2024-6602, CVE-2024-6609)

    Irvan Kurniawan discovered that Firefox did not properly manage memory during thread creation. An attacker     could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code.

    (CVE-2024-6603)

    It was discovered that Firefox incorrectly handled array accesses in the clipboard component, leading to     an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of     service or expose sensitive information. (CVE-2024-6606)

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-6890-1)

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