Debian DSA-4654-1 : chromium - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 135365

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the chromium web browser.

- CVE-2020-6450 Man Yue Mo discovered a use-after-free issue in the WebAudio implementation.

- CVE-2020-6451 Man Yue Mo discovered a use-after-free issue in the WebAudio implementation.

- CVE-2020-6452 asnine discovered a buffer overflow issue.

Solution

Upgrade the chromium packages.

For the oldstable distribution (stretch), security support for chromium has been discontinued.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 80.0.3987.162-1~deb10u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 135365

File Name: debian_DSA-4654.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 4/10/2020

Updated: 3/19/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-6452

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chromium

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/7/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/13/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-6450, CVE-2020-6451, CVE-2020-6452

DSA: 4654

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