GLSA-201805-06 : Chromium, Google Chrome: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 109930

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201805-06 (Chromium, Google Chrome: Multiple vulnerabilities)

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Chromium and Google Chrome. Please review the referenced CVE identifiers and Google Chrome Releases for details.
Impact :

A remote attacker, by enticing a user to install malicious extensions, could possibly escalate privileges, cause a Denial of Service condition, or have other unspecified impacts.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Chromium users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-client/chromium-66.0.3359.170' All Google Chrome users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-client/google-chrome-66.0.3359.170'

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 109930

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201805-06.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 5/21/2018

Updated: 10/4/2024

Supported Sensors: 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: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:chromium, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:google-chrome

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/20/2018

Reference Information

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

GLSA: 201805-06

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