The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:6682 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * firefox: 115.15/128.2 ESR ()

    * mozilla: Type confusion when looking up a property name in a with block (CVE-2024-8381)

    * mozilla: Internal event interfaces were exposed to web content when browser EventHandler listener     callbacks ran (CVE-2024-8382)

    * mozilla: Firefox did not ask before openings news: links in an external application (CVE-2024-8383)

    * mozilla: Garbage collection could mis-color cross-compartment objects in OOM conditions (CVE-2024-8384)

    * mozilla: WASM type confusion involving ArrayTypes (CVE-2024-8385)

    * mozilla: SelectElements could be shown over another site if popups are allowed (CVE-2024-8386)

    * mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 130, Firefox ESR 128.2, and Thunderbird 128.2     (CVE-2024-8387)

    * mozilla: Type Confusion in Async Generators in Javascript Engine (CVE-2024-7652)

    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-2024:6682)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 207321

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.2 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 1.1 Sep 17, 2024, 3:28 AM New Plugin Feed: 202409170328