Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.116, allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar via vectors involving a provisional URL for an initially empty document, related to FrameLoader.cpp and ScopedPageLoadDeferrer.cpp.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201610-09 (Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Chromium web       browser. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the       privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, obtain       sensitive information, or bypass security restrictions.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3058-1 advisory.

    An issue was discovered in Blink involving the provisional URL for an initially empty document. An     attacker could potentially exploit this to spoof the currently displayed URL. (CVE-2016-5141)

    A use-after-free was discovered in the WebCrypto implementation in Blink. If a user were tricked in to     opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of     service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5142)

    It was discovered that the devtools subsystem in Blink mishandles various parameters. An attacker could     exploit this to bypass intended access restrictions. (CVE-2016-5143, CVE-2016-5144)

    It was discovered that Blink does not ensure that a taint property is preserved after a structure-clone     operation on an ImageBitmap object derived from a cross-origin image. If a user were tricked in to opening     a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to bypass same origin     restrictions. (CVE-2016-5145)

    Multiple security issues were discovered in Chromium. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially     crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to read uninitialized memory, cause a denial     of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5146, CVE-2016-5167)

    It was discovered that Blink mishandles deferred page loads. If a user were tricked in to opening a     specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to conduct cross-site scripting     (XSS) attacks. (CVE-2016-5147)

    An issue was discovered in Blink related to widget updates. If a user were tricked in to opening a     specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to conduct cross-site scripting     (XSS) attacks. (CVE-2016-5148)

    A use-after-free was discovered in Blink. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted     website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5150)

    A use-after-free was discovered in Blink. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted     website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5153)

    It was discovered that Chromium does not correctly validate access to the initial document. An attacker     could potentially exploit this to spoof the currently displayed URL. (CVE-2016-5155)

    A use-after-free was discovered in the event bindings in Blink. If a user were tricked in to opening a     specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via     application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5156)

    A type confusion bug was discovered in Blink. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted     website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5161)

    An issue was discovered with the devtools implementation. An attacker could potentially exploit this to     conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. (CVE-2016-5164)

    An issue was discovered with the devtools implementation. An attacker could potentially exploit this to     conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. (CVE-2016-5165)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Google Chrome Releases reports :

10 security fixes in this release, including :

- [629542] High CVE-2016-5141 Address bar spoofing. Credit to anonymous

- [626948] High CVE-2016-5142 Use-after-free in Blink. Credit to anonymous

- [625541] High CVE-2016-5139 Heap overflow in pdfium. Credit to GiWan Go of Stealien

- [619405] High CVE-2016-5140 Heap overflow in pdfium. Credit to Ke Liu of Tencent's Xuanwu LAB

- [623406] Medium CVE-2016-5145 Same origin bypass for images in Blink. Credit to anonymous

- [619414] Medium CVE-2016-5143 Parameter sanitization failure in DevTools. Credit to Gregory Panakkal

- [618333] Medium CVE-2016-5144 Parameter sanitization failure in DevTools. Credit to Gregory Panakkal

- [633486] CVE-2016-5146: Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives.

The version of Google Chrome installed on the remote host is prior to 52.0.2743.116, and is affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

 - An unspecified issue exists, which may allow a context-dependent attacker to have an unspecified high severity impact. No further details have been provided.
 - An unspecified issue exists, which may allow a context-dependent attacker to have an unspecified medium severity impact. No further details have been provided.)
 - A flaw exists that is triggered during the handling of specially crafted images. This may allow a context-dependent attacker to bypass the same-origin policy.(
 - A flaw exists that is triggered as nested message loops might access documents and not generate a notification. This may allow a context-dependent attacker to spoof the address bar.
 - An unspecified use-after-free error exists that may allow a context-dependent attacker to dereference already freed memory and potentially execute arbitrary code.(
 - A flaw exists in the 'sanitizeRemoteFrontendUrl()' function in 'devtools/front_end/devtools.js' that is triggered by a failure to properly sanitize input parameters. This may allow a context-dependent attacker to have an unspecified impact.
 - A flaw exists in the 'loadScriptsPromise()' function in 'devtools/front_end/Runtime.js' that is triggered by a failure to properly sanitize input parameters. This may allow a context-dependent attacker to have an unspecified impact.
 - An overflow condition is triggered as user-supplied input is not properly validated when handling RTP packets. This may allow a context-dependent attacker to cause a buffer overflow, resulting in a denial of service in a process linked against the library or potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary code.

On 2016-08-04 Google released Chrome 52.0.2743.116 which fixes at least 8 security issues: CVE-2016-5141, CVE-2016-5142, CVE-2016-5139, CVE-2016-5140, CVE-2016-5145, CVE-2016-5143 and CVE-2016-5144. 

Additionally, this update :

  - Splits libmedia and libffmpeg into the libs-media     subpackage, so that it can be replaced by non-Fedora     repos to provide additional codecs.

  - Enables gtk3 support

  - Adds additional ICU Text codec aliases (from openSUSE     via Russian Fedora)

  - Uses PIE in the Linux sandbox (from openSUSE via Russian     Fedora)

  - Enables ARM CPU detection for webrtc (from archlinux via     Russian Fedora)

  - Does not force -m32 in icu compile on ARM (from     archlinux via Russian Fedora)

  - Enables fpic on linux

  - Enables hidpi

  - Enables touch_ui

  - Adds chromedriver subpackage (from Russian Fedora)

  - Sets default master_preferences location to     /etc/chromium (and includes master_preferences file)

  - Creates PepperFlash directory where plugin needs to live     if user has it

  - Improves translations in chromium-browser.desktop (from     Russian Fedora)

  - Improves translation in Appinfo xml file (thanks to     Richard Hughes)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Several vulnerabilites have been discovered in the chromium web browser.

  - CVE-2016-5139     GiWan Go discovered a use-after-free issue in the pdfium     library.

  - CVE-2016-5140     Ke Liu discovered a use-after-free issue in the pdfium     library.

  - CVE-2016-5141     Sergey Glazunov discovered a URL spoofing issue.

  - CVE-2016-5142     Sergey Glazunov discovered a use-after-free issue.

  - CVE-2016-5143     Gregory Panakkal discovered an issue in the developer     tools.

  - CVE-2016-5144     Gregory Panakkal discovered another issue in the     developer tools.

  - CVE-2016-5146     The chrome development team found and fixed various     issues during internal auditing.

An update for chromium-browser is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Chromium is an open source web browser, powered by WebKit (Blink).

This update upgrades Chromium to version 52.0.2743.116.

Security Fix(es) :

* Multiple flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Chromium to crash, execute arbitrary code, or disclose sensitive information when visited by the victim. (CVE-2016-5139, CVE-2016-5140, CVE-2016-5141, CVE-2016-5142, CVE-2016-5146, CVE-2016-5143, CVE-2016-5144, CVE-2016-5145)

The version of Google Chrome installed on the remote Mac OS X host is prior to 52.0.2743.116. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

  - An overflow condition exists in PDFium due to improper     validation of user-supplied input. An unauthenticated,     remote attacker can exploit this to cause a heap-based     buffer overflow, resulting in a denial of service     condition or the execution of arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2016-5139)

  - An overflow condition exists in OpenJPEG due to improper     validation of user-supplied input. An unauthenticated,     remote attacker can exploit this to cause a heap-based     buffer overflow, resulting in a denial of service     condition or the execution of arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2016-5140)

  - A flaw exists that is triggered when nested message     loops access documents without generating a     notification. An attacker can exploit this to spoof the     address bar. (CVE-2016-5141)

  - A use-after-free error exists that allows an attacker to     dereference already freed memory, resulting in the     execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5142)

  - A flaw exists in the sanitizeRemoteFrontendUrl()     function in devtools.js due to a failure to properly     sanitize input parameters. An attacker can exploit this     to have an unspecified impact. (CVE-2016-5143)

  - A flaw exists in the loadScriptsPromise() function in     Runtime.js due to a failure to properly sanitize input     parameters. An attacker can exploit this to have an     unspecified impact. (CVE-2016-5144)

  - A flaw exists due to improper handling of specially     crafted images. An attacker can exploit this to bypass     the same-origin policy. (CVE-2016-5145)

  - Multiple unspecified high and medium severity     vulnerabilities exist, including an overflow condition     in WebRTC due to improper validation user-supplied input     when handling RTP packets. An attacker can exploit this     to cause a denial of service condition or the execution     of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5146)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Google Chrome installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 52.0.2743.116. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

  - An overflow condition exists in PDFium due to improper     validation of user-supplied input. An unauthenticated,     remote attacker can exploit this to cause a heap-based     buffer overflow, resulting in a denial of service     condition or the execution of arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2016-5139)

  - An overflow condition exists in OpenJPEG due to improper     validation of user-supplied input. An unauthenticated,     remote attacker can exploit this to cause a heap-based     buffer overflow, resulting in a denial of service     condition or the execution of arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2016-5140)

  - A flaw exists that is triggered when nested message     loops access documents without generating a     notification. An attacker can exploit this to spoof the     address bar. (CVE-2016-5141)

  - A use-after-free error exists that allows an attacker to     dereference already freed memory, resulting in the     execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5142)

  - A flaw exists in the sanitizeRemoteFrontendUrl()     function in devtools.js due to a failure to properly     sanitize input parameters. An attacker can exploit this     to have an unspecified impact. (CVE-2016-5143)

  - A flaw exists in the loadScriptsPromise() function in     Runtime.js due to a failure to properly sanitize input     parameters. An attacker can exploit this to have an     unspecified impact. (CVE-2016-5144)

  - A flaw exists due to improper handling of specially     crafted images. An attacker can exploit this to bypass     the same-origin policy. (CVE-2016-5145)

  - Multiple unspecified high and medium severity     vulnerabilities exist, including an overflow condition     in WebRTC due to improper validation user-supplied input     when handling RTP packets. An attacker can exploit this     to cause a denial of service condition or the execution     of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5146)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Chromium was updated to 52.0.2743.116 to fix the following security issues: (boo#992305)

  - CVE-2016-5141: Address bar spoofing (boo#992314)

  - CVE-2016-5142: Use-after-free in Blink (boo#992313)

  - CVE-2016-5139: Heap overflow in pdfium (boo#992311)

  - CVE-2016-5140: Heap overflow in pdfium (boo#992310)

  - CVE-2016-5145: Same origin bypass for images in Blink     (boo#992320)

  - CVE-2016-5143: Parameter sanitization failure in     DevTools (boo#992319)

  - CVE-2016-5144: Parameter sanitization failure in     DevTools (boo#992315)

  - CVE-2016-5146: Various fixes from internal audits,     fuzzing and other initiatives (boo#992309)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
94420	GLSA-201610-09 : Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	critical
93509	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Oxide vulnerabilities (USN-3058-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
93497	FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (958b9cee-79da-11e6-bf75-3065ec8fd3ec)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	critical
9490	Google Chrome < 52.0.2743.116 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus Network Monitor	Web Clients	high
92962	Fedora 24 : chromium (2016-e9798eaaa3)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
92956	Debian DSA-3645-1 : chromium-browser - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical
92814	RHEL 6 : chromium-browser (RHSA-2016:1580)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
92792	Google Chrome < 52.0.2743.116 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	critical
92791	Google Chrome < 52.0.2743.116 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	critical
92778	openSUSE Security Update : Chromium (openSUSE-2016-950)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical

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