Google Chrome < 76.0.3809.132 Use-After-Free Vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 128327

Synopsis

A web browser installed on the remote macOS host is affected by use-after-free vulnerability.

Description

The version of Google Chrome installed on the remote macOS host is prior to 76.0.3809.132. It is, therefore, affected by use-after-free in Blink as referenced in the 2019_08_stable-channel-update-for-desktop_26 advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Google Chrome version 76.0.3809.132 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?ef7cf6b8

https://crbug.com/978793

https://crbug.com/997760

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 128327

File Name: macosx_google_chrome_76_0_3809_132.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 8/30/2019

Updated: 11/26/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-5869

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:google:chrome

Required KB Items: MacOSX/Google Chrome/Installed

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/26/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/26/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-5869