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RHEL 6 : chromium-browser (RHSA-2020:2761)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 137884
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for chromium-browser.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:2761 advisory.Chromium is an open-source web browser, powered by WebKit (Blink).
This update upgrades Chromium to version 83.0.4103.116.
Security Fix(es):
* chromium-browser: Use after free in extensions (CVE-2020-6509)
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 this issue 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-2020:2761.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?112ffcee
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 137884
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-2761.nasl
Version: 1.9
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 6/29/2020
Updated: 11/7/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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-2020-6509
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
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: 6/29/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/22/2020
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-6509