Fedora 31 : firefox (2020-449743fcc1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 139632

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- VA-API under Wayland should work as expected now, added fix for mozbz#1656436.

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- Fixed VA-API video playback (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1645671)

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- New upstream update - 79.0

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Solution

Update the affected firefox package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-449743fcc1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 139632

File Name: fedora_2020-449743fcc1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/18/2020

Updated: 8/18/2020

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/17/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/17/2020

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