Mozilla Firefox ESR < 68.12

high Nessus Plugin ID 139786
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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of Firefox ESR installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 68.12. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2020-37 advisory. Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 68.12 or later.

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-37/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 139786

File Name: macos_firefox_68_12_esr.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 8/25/2020

Updated: 10/14/2020

Dependencies: macosx_firefox_installed.nasl

Risk Information

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-15663

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr

Required KB Items: MacOSX/Firefox/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/25/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/25/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-15663, CVE-2020-15664, CVE-2020-15669

MFSA: 2020-37

IAVA: 2020-A-0391-S