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AlmaLinux 9 : firefox (ALSA-2025:2359)
high Nessus Plugin ID 236856
Synopsis
The remote AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2025:2359 advisory.* firefox: Use-after-free in WebTransportChild (CVE-2025-1931)
* firefox: AudioIPC StreamData could trigger a use-after-free in the Browser process (CVE-2025-1930)
* firefox: Unexpected GC during RegExp bailout processing (CVE-2025-1934)
* firefox: Clickjacking the registerProtocolHandler info-bar Reporter (CVE-2025-1935)
* firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 136, Thunderbird 136, Firefox ESR 128.8, and Thunderbird 128.8 (CVE-2025-1938)
* firefox: JIT corruption of WASM i32 return values on 64-bit CPUs (CVE-2025-1933)
* firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 136, Thunderbird 136, Firefox ESR 115.21, Firefox ESR 128.8, and Thunderbird 128.8 (CVE-2025-1937)
* firefox: Inconsistent comparator in XSLT sorting led to out-of-bounds access (CVE-2025-1932)
* firefox: Adding %00 and a fake extension to a jar: URL changed the interpretation of the contents (CVE-2025-1936)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected firefox and / or firefox-x11 packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 236856
File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2025-2359.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Family: Alma Linux Local Security Checks
Published: 5/16/2025
Updated: 5/16/2025
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 7.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-1938
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.8
Temporal Score: 7.9
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:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-1930
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:firefox, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::nfv, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:firefox-x11, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/5/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/4/2025
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2025-1930, CVE-2025-1931, CVE-2025-1932, CVE-2025-1933, CVE-2025-1934, CVE-2025-1935, CVE-2025-1936, CVE-2025-1937, CVE-2025-1938