Fedora 31 : firefox (2019-492e5a2d98)

high Nessus Plugin ID 131574

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- New upstream version (Firefox 71.0)

- Added gnome shell search provider

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-2019-492e5a2d98

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 131574

File Name: fedora_2019-492e5a2d98.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/4/2019

Updated: 5/29/2020

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:firefox, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:31

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/4/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/4/2019

Reference Information