Debian DSA-4749-1 : firefox-esr - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 139877

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Synopsis

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

Description

Multiple security issues have been found in the Mozilla Firefox web browser, which could potentially result in the execution of arbitrary code or unintended or malicious extensions being installed.

Solution

Upgrade the firefox-esr packages.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 68.12.0esr-1~deb10u1.

See Also

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

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

https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4749

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 139877

File Name: debian_DSA-4749.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/27/2020

Updated: 10/7/2020

Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

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: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firefox-esr, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/26/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/1/2020

Reference Information

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

DSA: 4749

IAVA: 2020-A-0391-S