GLSA-202004-09 : Chromium, Google Chrome: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 135427

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-202004-09 (Chromium, Google Chrome: Multiple vulnerabilities)

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

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted HTML or multimedia file using Chromium or Google Chrome, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.
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-81.0.4044.92' All Google Chrome users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-client/google-chrome-81.0.4044.92'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-09

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 135427

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202004-09.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 4/14/2020

Updated: 3/19/2024

Supported Sensors: 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-2020-6455

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/10/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/13/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-6423, CVE-2020-6430, CVE-2020-6431, CVE-2020-6432, CVE-2020-6433, CVE-2020-6434, CVE-2020-6435, CVE-2020-6436, CVE-2020-6437, CVE-2020-6438, CVE-2020-6439, CVE-2020-6440, CVE-2020-6441, CVE-2020-6442, CVE-2020-6443, CVE-2020-6444, CVE-2020-6445, CVE-2020-6446, CVE-2020-6447, CVE-2020-6448, CVE-2020-6450, CVE-2020-6451, CVE-2020-6452, CVE-2020-6454, CVE-2020-6455, CVE-2020-6456

GLSA: 202004-09