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AlmaLinux 8 : firefox (ALSA-2025:18285)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 270814
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Synopsis
The remote AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2025:18285 advisory.* thunderbird: firefox: Memory safety bugs (CVE-2025-11714)
* thunderbird: firefox: Out of bounds read/write in a privileged process triggered by WebGL textures (CVE-2025-11709)
* thunderbird: firefox: Cross-process information leaked due to malicious IPC messages (CVE-2025-11710)
* thunderbird: firefox: Use-after-free in MediaTrackGraphImpl::GetInstance() (CVE-2025-11708)
* thunderbird: firefox: An OBJECT tag type attribute overrode browser behavior on web resources without a content-type (CVE-2025-11712)
* thunderbird: firefox: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 140.4, Thunderbird ESR 140.4, Firefox 144 and Thunderbird 144 (CVE-2025-11715)
* thunderbird: firefox: Some non-writable Object properties could be modified (CVE-2025-11711)
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 package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 270814
File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2025-18285.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Family: Alma Linux Local Security Checks
Published: 10/21/2025
Updated: 10/21/2025
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 7.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-11715
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-11710
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:firefox, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/20/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/14/2025
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2025-11708, CVE-2025-11709, CVE-2025-11710, CVE-2025-11711, CVE-2025-11712, CVE-2025-11714, CVE-2025-11715