The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3914 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3914-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/               Emilio Pozuelo Monfort     October 10, 2024                              https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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    Package        : firefox-esr     Version        : 128.3.1esr-1~deb11u1     CVE ID         : CVE-2024-9680

    Damien Schaeffer discovered a use-after-free in the Mozilla Firefox web     browser, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code.

    For Debian 11 bullseye, this problem has been fixed in version     128.3.1esr-1~deb11u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your firefox-esr packages.

    For the detailed security status of firefox-esr please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/firefox-esr

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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Debian dla-3914 : firefox-esr - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 208709

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Version 1.3 Oct 18, 2024, 9:34 AM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" set to 10.0) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C") Plugin Feed: 202410180934
Version 1.2 Oct 15, 2024, 9:29 PM CISA reference CVSS temporal metrics ("CVSSv2 temporal vector" set to "CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C") CVSS temporal metrics ("CVSSv3 temporal vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C") Exploit attributes ("Exploit available" set to "True") Exploit attributes ("Exploitability ease" changed from "No known exploits are available" to "Exploits are available") Plugin Feed: 202410152129
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