The version of Firefox ESR installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 68.9. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2020-21 advisory.
NSS has shown timing differences when performing DSA signatures, which was exploitable and could eventually leak private keys. (CVE-2020-12399)
Mozilla developers Tom Tung and Karl Tomlinson reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 76 and Firefox ESR 68.8. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-12405)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory mfsa2020-21.
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mozilla Foundation.
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(137050);
script_version("1.7");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/03/08");
script_cve_id("CVE-2020-12399", "CVE-2020-12405");
script_xref(name:"MFSA", value:"2020-21");
script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2020-A-0238-S");
script_name(english:"Mozilla Firefox ESR < 68.9");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"A web browser installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of Firefox ESR installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 68.9. It is, therefore, affected
by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2020-21 advisory.
- NSS has shown timing differences when performing DSA
signatures, which was exploitable and could eventually
leak private keys. (CVE-2020-12399)
- Mozilla developers Tom Tung and Karl Tomlinson reported
memory safety bugs present in Firefox 76 and Firefox ESR
68.8. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory
corruption and we presume that with enough effort some
of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary
code. (CVE-2020-12405)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-21/");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 68.9 or later.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2020-12399");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2020/06/02");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/06/02");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/06/02");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"MacOS X Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2020-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("macosx_firefox_installed.nasl");
script_require_keys("MacOSX/Firefox/Version");
exit(0);
}
include('mozilla_version.inc');
kb_base = 'MacOSX/Firefox';
get_kb_item_or_exit(kb_base+'/Installed');
version = get_kb_item_or_exit(kb_base+'/Version', exit_code:1);
path = get_kb_item_or_exit(kb_base+'/Path', exit_code:1);
is_esr = get_kb_item(kb_base+'/is_esr');
if (isnull(is_esr)) audit(AUDIT_NOT_INST, 'Mozilla Firefox ESR');
mozilla_check_version(version:version, path:path, product:'firefox', esr:TRUE, fix:'68.9', min:'68.0.0', severity:SECURITY_NOTE);
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
mozilla | firefox_esr | cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr |