RHEL 6 : chromium-browser (RHSA-2019:1477)

high Nessus Plugin ID 125940

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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-2019:1477 advisory.

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

This update upgrades Chromium to version 75.0.3770.80.

Security Fix(es):

* chromium-browser: Use after free in ServiceWorker (CVE-2019-5828)

* chromium-browser: Use after free in Download Manager (CVE-2019-5829)

* chromium-browser: Incorrectly credentialed requests in CORS (CVE-2019-5830)

* chromium-browser: Incorrect map processing in V8 (CVE-2019-5831)

* chromium-browser: Incorrect CORS handling in XHR (CVE-2019-5832)

* chromium-browser: Inconsistent security UI placement (CVE-2019-5833)

* chromium-browser: Out of bounds read in Swiftshader (CVE-2019-5835)

* chromium-browser: Heap buffer overflow in Angle (CVE-2019-5836)

* chromium-browser: Cross-origin resources size disclosure in Appcache (CVE-2019-5837)

* chromium-browser: Overly permissive tab access in Extensions (CVE-2019-5838)

* chromium-browser: Incorrect handling of certain code points in Blink (CVE-2019-5839)

* chromium-browser: Popup blocker bypass (CVE-2019-5840)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, 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-2019:1477.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 125940

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-1477.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 6/17/2019

Updated: 11/6/2024

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-5836

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: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: 6/17/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/27/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-5828, CVE-2019-5829, CVE-2019-5830, CVE-2019-5831, CVE-2019-5832, CVE-2019-5833, CVE-2019-5835, CVE-2019-5836, CVE-2019-5837, CVE-2019-5838, CVE-2019-5839, CVE-2019-5840

RHSA: 2019:1477

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