FreeBSD : chromium -- heap buffer overflow in V8 (3e01aad2-680e-11eb-83e2-e09467587c17)

high Nessus Plugin ID 146288

Synopsis

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

Description

Chrome Releases reports :

[1170176] High CVE-2021-21148: Heap buffer overflow in V8. Reported by Mattias Buelens on 2021-01-24. Google is aware of reports that an exploit for CVE-2021-21148 exists in the wild.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?37649cd6

http://www.nessus.org/u?74b0c890

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 146288

File Name: freebsd_pkg_3e01aad2680e11eb83e2e09467587c17.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Published: 2/8/2021

Updated: 4/25/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-21148

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.2

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:chromium

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/5/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/4/2021

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 11/17/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-21148