The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:5391 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * Firefox: 115.14/128.1 ESR ()

    * mozilla: Fullscreen notification dialog can be obscured by document content (CVE-2024-7518)

    * mozilla: Out of bounds memory access in graphics shared memory handling (CVE-2024-7519)

    * mozilla: Type confusion in WebAssembly (CVE-2024-7520)

    * mozilla: Incomplete WebAssembly exception handing (CVE-2024-7521)

    * mozilla: Out of bounds read in editor component (CVE-2024-7522)

    * mozilla: CSP strict-dynamic bypass using web-compatibility shims (CVE-2024-7524)

    * mozilla: Missing permission check when creating a StreamFilter (CVE-2024-7525)

    * mozilla: Uninitialized memory used by WebGL (CVE-2024-7526)

    * mozilla: Use-after-free in JavaScript garbage collection (CVE-2024-7527)

    * mozilla: Use-after-free in IndexedDB (CVE-2024-7528)

    * mozilla: Document content could partially obscure security prompts (CVE-2024-7529)

    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-2024:5391)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 205555

Version 1.3

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.3 Nov 7, 2024, 8:25 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202411072025
Version 1.2 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") Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202411051829
Version 1.1 Aug 15, 2024, 10:23 AM New Plugin Feed: 202408151023