The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6992-1 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-2024-8382, CVE-2024-8383,     CVE-2024-8386, CVE-2024-8387, CVE-2024-8389)

    Nils Bars discovered that Firefox contained a type confusion vulnerability when performing certain     property name lookups. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service, or     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-8381)

    It was discovered that Firefox did not properly manage memory during garbage collection. An attacker could     potentially exploit this issue to

    cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-8384)

    Seunghyun Lee discovered that Firefox contained a type confusion

    vulnerability when handling certain ArrayTypes. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to cause     a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-8385)

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-6992-1)

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Version 1.3 Oct 4, 2024, 11:19 AM IAVM reference Plugin Feed: 202410041119
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