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Fedora 27 : firefox (2017-e1e3fbcd3c)

high Nessus Plugin ID 105988

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Updated to the latest version - Firefox 57

Please note that this update is incompatible with many recent Firefox add-ons, please see Fedora Magazine article for details:
https://fedoramagazine.org/firefox-57-coming-soon-quantum-leap/

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected firefox package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-e1e3fbcd3c

https://fedoramagazine.org/firefox-57-coming-soon-quantum-leap/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 105988

File Name: fedora_2017-e1e3fbcd3c.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/15/2018

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:27, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:firefox

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 11/15/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/15/2017

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