Debian DSA-4466-1 : firefox-esr - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 126012

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Samuel Gross discovered a type confusion bug in the JavaScript engine of the Mozilla Firefox web browser, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code when browsing a malicious website.

Solution

Upgrade the firefox-esr packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 60.7.1esr-1~deb9u1.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/firefox-esr

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/firefox-esr

https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4466

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 126012

File Name: debian_DSA-4466.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/19/2019

Updated: 12/6/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-11707

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.4

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/18/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/23/2019

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 6/13/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-11707

DSA: 4466