RHEL 6 : chromium-browser (RHSA-2020:4235)

high Nessus Plugin ID 141453

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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-2020:4235 advisory.

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

This update upgrades Chromium to version 86.0.4240.75.

Security Fix(es):

* chromium-browser: Use after free in payments (CVE-2020-15967)

* chromium-browser: Use after free in Blink (CVE-2020-15968)

* chromium-browser: Use after free in WebRTC (CVE-2020-15969)

* chromium-browser: Use after free in NFC (CVE-2020-15970)

* chromium-browser: Use after free in printing (CVE-2020-15971)

* chromium-browser: Use after free in audio (CVE-2020-15972)

* chromium-browser: Use after free in autofill (CVE-2020-15990)

* chromium-browser: Use after free in password manager (CVE-2020-15991)

* chromium-browser: Inappropriate implementation in networking (CVE-2020-6557)

* chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions (CVE-2020-15973)

* chromium-browser: Integer overflow in Blink (CVE-2020-15974)

* chromium-browser: Integer overflow in SwiftShader (CVE-2020-15975)

* chromium-browser: Use after free in WebXR (CVE-2020-15976)

* chromium-browser: Insufficient data validation in dialogs (CVE-2020-15977)

* chromium-browser: Insufficient data validation in navigation (CVE-2020-15978)

* chromium-browser: Inappropriate implementation in V8 (CVE-2020-15979)

* chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in Intents (CVE-2020-15980)

* chromium-browser: Out of bounds read in audio (CVE-2020-15981)

* chromium-browser: Side-channel information leakage in cache (CVE-2020-15982)

* chromium-browser: Insufficient data validation in webUI (CVE-2020-15983)

* chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in Omnibox (CVE-2020-15984)

* chromium-browser: Inappropriate implementation in Blink (CVE-2020-15985)

* chromium-browser: Integer overflow in media (CVE-2020-15986)

* chromium-browser: Use after free in WebRTC (CVE-2020-15987)

* chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in networking (CVE-2020-15992)

* chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in downloads (CVE-2020-15988)

* chromium-browser: Uninitialized use in PDFium (CVE-2020-15989)

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-2020:4235.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 141453

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-4235.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 10/14/2020

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: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

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-2020-15992

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: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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/13/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/6/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-15967, CVE-2020-15968, CVE-2020-15969, CVE-2020-15970, CVE-2020-15971, CVE-2020-15972, CVE-2020-15973, CVE-2020-15974, CVE-2020-15975, CVE-2020-15976, CVE-2020-15977, CVE-2020-15978, CVE-2020-15979, CVE-2020-15980, CVE-2020-15981, CVE-2020-15982, CVE-2020-15983, CVE-2020-15984, CVE-2020-15985, CVE-2020-15986, CVE-2020-15987, CVE-2020-15988, CVE-2020-15989, CVE-2020-15990, CVE-2020-15991, CVE-2020-15992, CVE-2020-6557

IAVA: 2020-A-0443-S, 2020-A-0472-S, 2020-A-0486-S

RHSA: 2020:4235

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