The remote Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2024:3955 advisory.

    * firefox: Use-after-free in networking (CVE-2024-5702)

    * firefox: Use-after-free in JavaScript object transplant (CVE-2024-5688)

    * firefox: External protocol handlers leaked by timing attack (CVE-2024-5690)

    * firefox:  Sandboxed iframes were able to bypass sandbox restrictions to open a new window     (CVE-2024-5691)

    * firefox: Cross-Origin Image leak via Offscreen Canvas (CVE-2024-5693)

    * firefox: Memory Corruption in Text Fragments (CVE-2024-5696)

    * firefox: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 127, Firefox ESR 115.12, and Thunderbird 115.12     (CVE-2024-5700)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Rocky 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.

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6862-1 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-2024-5689, CVE-2024-5690,     CVE-2024-5691, CVE-2024-5693, CVE-2024-5697, CVE-2024-5698, CVE-2024-5699, CVE-2024-5700, CVE-2024-5701)

    Lukas Bernhard 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-2024-5688)

    Lukas Bernhard discovered that Firefox did not properly manage memory in the JavaScript engine. An     attacker could potentially exploit this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2024-5694)

    Irvan Kurniawan discovered that Firefox did not properly handle certain allocations in the probabilistic     heap checker. An attacker could

    potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service.

    (CVE-2024-5695)

    Irvan Kurniawan discovered that Firefox did not properly handle certain text fragments in input tags. An     attacker could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-5696)

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.

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-4a22a9cd11 advisory.

    Update to latest upstream version.

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

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

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-748bedc96c advisory.

    Update to 115.12.0

    * https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2024-28/
    * https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/115.12.0/releasenotes/


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

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

The remote Debian 11 / 12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5709 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-5709-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                       Moritz Muehlenhoff     June 12, 2024                         https://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : firefox-esr     CVE ID         : CVE-2024-5688 CVE-2024-5690 CVE-2024-5691 CVE-2024-5693                      CVE-2024-5696 CVE-2024-5700 CVE-2024-5702

    Multiple security issues have been found in the Mozilla Firefox web     browser, which could potentially result in the execution of arbitrary     code, the bypass of sandbox restrictions or an information leak.

    For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed     in version 115.12.0esr-1~deb11u1.

    For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in     version 115.12.0esr-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.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202408-02 (Mozilla Firefox: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Firefox. Please review the CVE identifiers     referenced below for details.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo 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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
201240	Rocky Linux 9 : firefox (RLSA-2024:3955)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	7/2/2024	8/19/2024	medium
201338	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Firefox vulnerabilities (USN-6862-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	7/3/2024	9/16/2024	critical
200378	Fedora 40 : firefox (2024-4a22a9cd11)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	6/12/2024	9/16/2024	critical
200645	Fedora 40 : thunderbird (2024-748bedc96c)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	6/16/2024	9/13/2024	medium
200445	Debian dsa-5709 : firefox-esr - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	6/12/2024	8/19/2024	medium
205525	GLSA-202408-02 : Mozilla Firefox: Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	8/14/2024	9/16/2024	critical

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