The version of Firefox ESR installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 91.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2021-41 advisory.
When delegating navigations to the operating system, Thunderbird would accept the mk
scheme which might allow attackers to launch pages and execute scripts in Internet Explorer in unprivileged mode. This bug only affects Thunderbird for Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected. (CVE-2021-38492)
Mozilla developers Tyson Smith, Christian Holler, and Gabriele Svelto reported memory safety bugs present in Thunderbird 78.13.0. 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-2021-38495)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
##
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory mfsa2021-41.
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mozilla Foundation.
##
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(153106);
script_version("1.5");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/12/01");
script_cve_id("CVE-2021-38492", "CVE-2021-38495");
script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2021-A-0405");
script_name(english:"Mozilla Firefox ESR < 91.1");
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 91.1. It is, therefore, affected
by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2021-41 advisory.
- When delegating navigations to the operating system, Thunderbird would accept the `mk` scheme which might
allow attackers to launch pages and execute scripts in Internet Explorer in unprivileged mode. This
bug only affects Thunderbird for Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected. (CVE-2021-38492)
- Mozilla developers Tyson Smith, Christian Holler, and Gabriele Svelto reported memory safety bugs present
in Thunderbird 78.13.0. 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-2021-38495)
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/mfsa2021-41/");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 91.1 or later.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2021-38495");
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:"2021/09/07");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2021/09/07");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2021/09/08");
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) 2021-2023 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');
var kb_base = 'MacOSX/Firefox';
get_kb_item_or_exit(kb_base+'/Installed');
var version = get_kb_item_or_exit(kb_base+'/Version', exit_code:1);
var path = get_kb_item_or_exit(kb_base+'/Path', exit_code:1);
var 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:'91.1', min:'91.0.0', severity:SECURITY_WARNING);
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
mozilla | firefox_esr | cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr |