The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5839 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-5839-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                       Moritz Muehlenhoff     January 08, 2025                      https://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : firefox-esr     CVE ID         : CVE-2025-0237 CVE-2025-0238 CVE-2025-0239 CVE-2025-0240                      CVE-2025-0241 CVE-2025-0242 CVE-2025-0243

    Multiple security issues have been found in the Mozilla Firefox web     browser, which could potentially result in the execution of arbitrary     code or privilege escalation.

    For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in     version 128.6.0esr-1~deb12u1.

    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 Security Advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

    Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian 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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Debian dsa-5839 : firefox-esr - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 213575

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.2 Jan 31, 2025, 9:25 AM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 score" set to 7.7) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L") CVSSv3 score source (set to "CVE-2025-0241") CVSSv3 severity (based on CVE-2025-0241, severity increased from "Medium" to "High") Plugin Feed: 202501310925
Version 1.1 Jan 9, 2025, 3:57 AM New Plugin Feed: 202501090357