Debian DSA-4024-1 : chromium-browser - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 104466

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the chromium browser.

- CVE-2017-15398 Ned Williamson discovered a stack overflow issue.

- CVE-2017-15399 Zhao Qixun discovered a use-after-free issue in the v8 JavaScript library.

Solution

Upgrade the chromium-browser packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), security support for chromium has been discontinued.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 62.0.3202.89-1~deb9u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 104466

File Name: debian_DSA-4024.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 11/9/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chromium-browser, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 11/8/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15398, CVE-2017-15399

DSA: 4024

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