FreeBSD : chromium -- use after free in Portals (b6c875f1-1d76-11ec-ae80-704d7b472482)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 153813

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Synopsis

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

Description

Chrome Releases reports :

][1251727] High CVE-2021-37973 : Use after free in Portals. Reported by Clement Lecigne from Google TAG, with technical assistance from Sergei Glazunov and Mark Brand from Google Project Zero on 2021-09-21

Google is aware that an exploit for CVE-2021-37973 exists in the wild.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?2ee78dba

http://www.nessus.org/u?ee1b5c1f

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 153813

File Name: freebsd_pkg_b6c875f11d7611ecae80704d7b472482.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Published: 10/1/2021

Updated: 4/25/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.1

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-2021-37973

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.6

Temporal Score: 8.9

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 9/24/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/24/2021

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

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-37973