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MiracleLinux 8 : firefox-78.8.0-1.0.1.el8 (AXSA:2021-1575:07)
high Nessus Plugin ID 293881
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Synopsis
The remote MiracleLinux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote MiracleLinux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2021-1575:07 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)
* Mozilla: Cross-origin information leakage via redirected PDF requests (CVE-2021-23953)
* Mozilla: Type confusion when using logical assignment operators in JavaScript switch statements (CVE-2021-23954)
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 85 and Firefox ESR 78.7 (CVE-2021-23964)
* Mozilla: HTTPS pages could have been intercepted by a registered service worker when they should not have been (CVE-2020-26976)
* Mozilla: Use-after-poison for incorrectly redeclared JavaScript variables during GC (CVE-2021-23960)
* Mozilla: Use-after-free write when handling a malicious COOKIE-ECHO SCTP chunk (CVE-2020-16044)
* chromium-browser: Uninitialized Use in V8 (CVE-2020-16042)
* Mozilla: Heap buffer overflow in WebGL (CVE-2020-26971)
* Mozilla: CSS Sanitizer performed incorrect sanitization (CVE-2020-26973)
* Mozilla: Incorrect cast of StyleGenericFlexBasis resulted in a heap use-after-free (CVE-2020-26974)
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 84 and Firefox ESR 78.6 (CVE-2020-35113)
* Mozilla: Internal network hosts could have been probed by a malicious webpage (CVE-2020-26978)
* Mozilla: The proxy.onRequest API did not catch view-source URLs (CVE-2020-35111)
* Mozilla: Write side effects in MCallGetProperty opcode not accounted for (CVE-2020-26950)
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
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 293881
File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2021-1575.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Published: 1/20/2026
Updated: 2/4/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.4
Vendor
Vendor Severity: High
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 7.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-26950
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.8
Temporal Score: 8.2
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:F/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-23978
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:firefox, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:8
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/MiracleLinux/release, Host/MiracleLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/11/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/9/2020
Exploitable With
Metasploit (Firefox MCallGetProperty Write Side Effects Use After Free Exploit)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-16042, CVE-2020-16044, CVE-2020-26950, CVE-2020-26971, CVE-2020-26973, CVE-2020-26974, CVE-2020-26976, CVE-2020-26978, CVE-2020-35111, CVE-2020-35113, CVE-2021-23953, CVE-2021-23954, CVE-2021-23960, CVE-2021-23964, CVE-2021-23968, CVE-2021-23969, CVE-2021-23973, CVE-2021-23978