Mozilla Firefox ESR < 60.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)

High Nessus Plugin ID 117292

Synopsis

A web browser installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Mozilla Firefox ESR installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 60.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities, some of which allow code execution and potentially exploitable crashes.

Solution

Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 62.0.0 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?8517426b

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 117292

File Name: macosx_firefox_60_2_esr.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 2018/09/06

Modified: 2018/09/17

Dependencies: 55417

Risk Information

Risk Factor: High

CVSS Score Source: manual

CVSS Score Rationale: Score based on analysis of the vendor advisory.

CVSSv2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSSv3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr, cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x

Required KB Items: MacOSX/Firefox/Version

Patch Publication Date: 2018/09/05

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2018/09/05

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-16541, CVE-2018-12377, CVE-2018-12378, CVE-2018-12379, CVE-2018-12375, CVE-2018-12376, CVE-2018-12381, CVE-2018-12382, CVE-2018-12383

BID: 101665

MFSA: 2018-20

IAVA: 2018-A-0288