RHEL 6 : chromium-browser (RHSA-2017:2676)

high Nessus Plugin ID 103119

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for chromium-browser.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2017:2676 advisory.

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

This update upgrades Chromium to version 61.0.3163.79.

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-2017-5111, CVE-2017-5112, CVE-2017-5113, CVE-2017-5114, CVE-2017-5115, CVE-2017-5116, CVE-2017-5117, CVE-2017-5118, CVE-2017-5119, CVE-2017-5120)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 RHEL chromium-browser package based on the guidance in RHSA-2017:2676.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?67b28931

http://www.nessus.org/u?862f7d99

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2676

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1488772

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1488773

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1488774

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1488775

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1488776

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1488777

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1488778

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1488779

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1488781

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1488782

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 103119

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2017-2676.nasl

Version: 3.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/12/2017

Updated: 11/5/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-5116

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.4

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:chromium-browser, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/12/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/27/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-5111, CVE-2017-5112, CVE-2017-5113, CVE-2017-5114, CVE-2017-5115, CVE-2017-5116, CVE-2017-5117, CVE-2017-5118, CVE-2017-5119, CVE-2017-5120

RHSA: 2017:2676