RHEL 6 : chromium-browser (RHSA-2018:2282)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 111487

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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-2018:2282 advisory.

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

This update upgrades Chromium to version 68.0.3440.75.

Security Fix(es):

* chromium-browser: Stack buffer overflow in Skia (CVE-2018-6153)

* chromium-browser: Heap buffer overflow in WebGL (CVE-2018-6154)

* chromium-browser: Use after free in WebRTC (CVE-2018-6155)

* chromium-browser: Heap buffer overflow in WebRTC (CVE-2018-6156)

* chromium-browser: Type confusion in WebRTC (CVE-2018-6157)

* chromium-browser: Cross origin information disclosure in Service Workers (CVE-2018-6150)

* chromium-browser: Bad cast in DevTools (CVE-2018-6151)

* chromium-browser: Local file write in DevTools (CVE-2018-6152)

* chromium-browser: Use after free in Blink (CVE-2018-6158)

* chromium-browser: Same origin policy bypass in ServiceWorker (CVE-2018-6159)

* chromium-browser: Same origin policy bypass in WebAudio (CVE-2018-6161)

* chromium-browser: Heap buffer overflow in WebGL (CVE-2018-6162)

* chromium-browser: URL spoof in Omnibox (CVE-2018-6163)

* chromium-browser: Same origin policy bypass in ServiceWorker (CVE-2018-6164)

* chromium-browser: URL spoof in Omnibox (CVE-2018-6165)

* chromium-browser: URL spoof in Omnibox (CVE-2018-6166)

* chromium-browser: URL spoof in Omnibox (CVE-2018-6167)

* chromium-browser: CORS bypass in Blink (CVE-2018-6168)

* chromium-browser: Permissions bypass in extension installation (CVE-2018-6169)

* chromium-browser: Type confusion in PDFium (CVE-2018-6170)

* chromium-browser: Use after free in WebBluetooth (CVE-2018-6171)

* chromium-browser: URL spoof in Omnibox (CVE-2018-6172)

* chromium-browser: URL spoof in Omnibox (CVE-2018-6173)

* chromium-browser: Integer overflow in SwiftShader (CVE-2018-6174)

* chromium-browser: URL spoof in Omnibox (CVE-2018-6175)

* chromium-browser: Local user privilege escalation in Extensions (CVE-2018-6176)

* chromium-browser: Cross origin information leak in Blink (CVE-2018-4117)

* chromium-browser: Request privilege escalation in Extensions (CVE-2018-6044)

* chromium-browser: Cross origin information leak in Blink (CVE-2018-6177)

* chromium-browser: UI spoof in Extensions (CVE-2018-6178)

* chromium-browser: Local file information leak in Extensions (CVE-2018-6179)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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-2018:2282.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 111487

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-2282.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 8/2/2018

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: 6.5

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

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-2018-6174

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.6

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-6152

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: 7/30/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16064, CVE-2018-4117, CVE-2018-6150, CVE-2018-6151, CVE-2018-6152, CVE-2018-6153, CVE-2018-6154, CVE-2018-6155, CVE-2018-6156, CVE-2018-6157, CVE-2018-6158, CVE-2018-6159, CVE-2018-6161, CVE-2018-6162, CVE-2018-6163, CVE-2018-6164, CVE-2018-6165, CVE-2018-6166, CVE-2018-6167, CVE-2018-6168, CVE-2018-6169, CVE-2018-6170, CVE-2018-6171, CVE-2018-6172, CVE-2018-6173, CVE-2018-6174, CVE-2018-6175, CVE-2018-6176, CVE-2018-6177, CVE-2018-6178, CVE-2018-6179

RHSA: 2018:2282

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