AlmaLinux 9 : firefox (ALSA-2025:21280)

high Nessus Plugin ID 276775

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-2025:21280 advisory.

* firefox: Mitigation bypass in the DOM: Security component (CVE-2025-13018)
* firefox: Use-after-free in the Audio/Video component (CVE-2025-13014)
* firefox: Incorrect boundary conditions in the JavaScript: WebAssembly component (CVE-2025-13016)
* firefox: Same-origin policy bypass in the DOM: Workers component (CVE-2025-13019)
* firefox: Use-after-free in the WebRTC: Audio/Video component (CVE-2025-13020)
* firefox: Race condition in the Graphics component (CVE-2025-13012)
* firefox: Spoofing issue in Firefox (CVE-2025-13015)
* firefox: Mitigation bypass in the DOM: Core & HTML component (CVE-2025-13013)
* firefox: Same-origin policy bypass in the DOM: Notifications component (CVE-2025-13017)

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

https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2025-21280.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:21280

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 276775

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2025-21280.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 11/25/2025

Updated: 11/25/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

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-2025-13020

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: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::supplementary, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:firefox-x11, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::nfv, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:firefox, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb

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: 11/13/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/11/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-13012, CVE-2025-13013, CVE-2025-13014, CVE-2025-13015, CVE-2025-13016, CVE-2025-13017, CVE-2025-13018, CVE-2025-13019, CVE-2025-13020

CWE: 290, 346, 366, 501, 787, 79, 825

RHSA: 2025:21280