Mozilla Foundation Unsupported Application Detection (macOS)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 56584

Synopsis

The remote host contains one or more unsupported applications from the Mozilla Foundation.

Description

According to its version, there is at least one unsupported Mozilla application (Firefox and/or Thunderbird) installed on the remote host.
This version of the software is no longer actively maintained.

Lack of support implies that no new security patches for the product will be released by the vendor. As a result, it is likely to contain security vulnerabilities.

Solution

Upgrade to a version that is currently supported.

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/faq/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 56584

File Name: macosx_mozilla_org_unsupported.nasl

Version: 1.73

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 10/21/2011

Updated: 9/22/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox, cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr, cpe:/a:mozilla:thunderbird

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/MacOSX/Version

Reference Information

IAVA: 0001-A-0565