SUSE SLES12 Security Update : MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2025:03447-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 266437

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2025:03447-1 advisory.

Update to Firefox Extended Support Release 140.3.1 ESR (bsc#1250452).

- Improved reliability when HTTP/3 connections fail: Firefox no longer forces HTTP/2 during fallback, allowing the server to choose the protocol and preventing stalls on some sites.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected MozillaFirefox, MozillaFirefox-devel and / or MozillaFirefox-translations-common packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 266437

File Name: suse_SU-2025-03447-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/3/2025

Updated: 10/3/2025

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozillafirefox-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozillafirefox-translations-common, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozillafirefox

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/2/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/2/2025

Reference Information

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:03447-1

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