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MiracleLinux 7 : firefox-78.8.0-1.0.1.el7.AXS7 (AXSA:2021-1561:05)

high Nessus Plugin ID 293798

Synopsis

The remote MiracleLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2021-1561:05 advisory.

 * Mozilla: Content Security Policy violation report could have contained the destination of a redirect (CVE-2021-23968)
 * Mozilla: Content Security Policy violation report could have contained the destination of a redirect (CVE-2021-23969)
 * Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 86 and Firefox ESR 78.8 (CVE-2021-23978)
 * Mozilla: MediaError message property could have leaked information about cross-origin resources (CVE-2021-23973)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux 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

https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/12743

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 293798

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2021-1561.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/20/2026

Updated: 1/20/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-23978

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:miracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:firefox

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/8/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/23/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-23968, CVE-2021-23969, CVE-2021-23973, CVE-2021-23978