openSUSE Security Update : Chromium (openSUSE-2018-456)

high Nessus Plugin ID 109753

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for Chromium to version 66.0.3359.170 fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed (boo#1092923) :

- CVE-2018-6121: Privilege Escalation in extensions

- CVE-2018-6122: Type confusion in V8

- CVE-2018-6120: Heap buffer overflow in PDFium

- Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives

The following bugs are fixed :

- boo#1092272: Improved support for subpixel rending

Solution

Update the affected Chromium packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1092272

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1092923

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 109753

File Name: openSUSE-2018-456.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/14/2018

Updated: 10/8/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-6122

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:chromedriver, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:chromedriver-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:chromium-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:chromium-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:chromium, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/12/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-6120, CVE-2018-6121, CVE-2018-6122