RHEL 6 : chromium-browser (RHSA-2017:2997)

high Nessus Plugin ID 104091

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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-2017:2997 advisory.

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

This update upgrades Chromium to version 62.0.3202.62.

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-2017-5124, CVE-2017-5125, CVE-2017-5126, CVE-2017-5127, CVE-2017-5128, CVE-2017-5129, CVE-2017-5130, CVE-2017-5132, CVE-2017-5131, CVE-2017-5133, CVE-2017-15386, CVE-2017-15387, CVE-2017-15388, CVE-2017-15389, CVE-2017-15390, CVE-2017-15391, CVE-2017-15392, CVE-2017-15393, CVE-2017-15394, CVE-2017-15395)

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-2017:2997.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 104091

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2017-2997.nasl

Version: 3.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 10/23/2017

Updated: 11/5/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-5133

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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:P/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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/20/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/7/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15386, CVE-2017-15387, CVE-2017-15388, CVE-2017-15389, CVE-2017-15390, CVE-2017-15391, CVE-2017-15392, CVE-2017-15393, CVE-2017-15394, CVE-2017-15395, CVE-2017-5124, CVE-2017-5125, CVE-2017-5126, CVE-2017-5127, CVE-2017-5128, CVE-2017-5129, CVE-2017-5130, CVE-2017-5131, CVE-2017-5132, CVE-2017-5133

RHSA: 2017:2997

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