The version of Firefox ESR installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 78.6.1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the mfsa2021-01 advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
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# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory mfsa2021-01.
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mozilla Foundation.
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include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(144770);
script_version("1.6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/08/12");
script_cve_id("CVE-2020-16044");
script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2021-A-0005-S");
script_name(english:"Mozilla Firefox ESR < 78.6.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"A web browser installed on the remote Windows host is affected by a vulnerability.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of Firefox ESR installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 78.6.1. It is, therefore, affected by a
vulnerability as referenced in the mfsa2021-01 advisory.
- A malicious peer could have modified a COOKIE-ECHO chunk in a SCTP packet in a way that potentially
resulted in a use-after-free. We presume that with enough effort it could have been exploited to run
arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-16044)
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/mfsa2021-01/");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 78.6.1 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:U/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:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2020-16044");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2021/01/06");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2021/01/06");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2021/01/06");
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:"Windows");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("mozilla_org_installed.nasl");
script_require_keys("Mozilla/Firefox/Version");
exit(0);
}
include('mozilla_version.inc');
port = get_kb_item('SMB/transport');
if (!port) port = 445;
installs = get_kb_list('SMB/Mozilla/Firefox/*');
if (isnull(installs)) audit(AUDIT_NOT_INST, 'Firefox');
mozilla_check_version(installs:installs, product:'firefox', esr:TRUE, fix:'78.6.1', min:'78.0.0', severity:SECURITY_WARNING);
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
mozilla | firefox_esr | cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr |