Google Chrome < 95.0.4638.54 Multiple Vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 154239

Synopsis

A web browser installed on the remote macOS host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Google Chrome installed on the remote macOS host is prior to 95.0.4638.54. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the 2021_10_stable-channel-update-for-desktop_19 advisory.

- Use after free in PDF Accessibility in Google Chrome prior to 95.0.4638.54 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2021-37993)

- Heap buffer overflow in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 95.0.4638.54 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.
(CVE-2021-37981)

- Use after free in Incognito in Google Chrome prior to 95.0.4638.54 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2021-37982)

- Use after free in Dev Tools in Google Chrome prior to 95.0.4638.54 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2021-37983)

- Heap buffer overflow in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 95.0.4638.54 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2021-37984)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Google Chrome version 95.0.4638.54 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?c0836418

https://crbug.com/1246631

https://crbug.com/1248661

https://crbug.com/1249810

https://crbug.com/1253399

https://crbug.com/1241860

https://crbug.com/1242404

https://crbug.com/1206928

https://crbug.com/1228248

https://crbug.com/1233067

https://crbug.com/1247395

https://crbug.com/1250660

https://crbug.com/1253746

https://crbug.com/1255332

https://crbug.com/1243020

https://crbug.com/1100761

https://crbug.com/1242315

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 154239

File Name: macosx_google_chrome_95_0_4638_54.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 10/19/2021

Updated: 5/9/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2021-37993

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-37981

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:google:chrome

Required KB Items: MacOSX/Google Chrome/Installed

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/19/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/19/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-37981, CVE-2021-37982, CVE-2021-37983, CVE-2021-37984, CVE-2021-37985, CVE-2021-37986, CVE-2021-37987, CVE-2021-37988, CVE-2021-37989, CVE-2021-37990, CVE-2021-37991, CVE-2021-37992, CVE-2021-37993, CVE-2021-37994, CVE-2021-37995, CVE-2021-37996

IAVA: 2021-A-0491-S