FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (857be71a-a4b0-11ec-95fc-3065ec8fd3ec)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 158983

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the 857be71a-a4b0-11ec-95fc-3065ec8fd3ec advisory.

- Use after free in New Tab Page in Google Chrome prior to 99.0.4844.74 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via specific user interactions. (CVE-2022-0980)

- Use after free in Blink Layout in Google Chrome on Android prior to 99.0.4844.74 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
(CVE-2022-0971)

- Use after free in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 99.0.4844.74 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
(CVE-2022-0972)

- Use after free in Safe Browsing in Google Chrome prior to 99.0.4844.74 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2022-0973)

- Use after free in Splitscreen in Google Chrome on Chrome OS prior to 99.0.4844.74 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific user interaction to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2022-0974)

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 affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?43ad24da

http://www.nessus.org/u?8701a948

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 158983

File Name: freebsd_pkg_857be71aa4b011ec95fc3065ec8fd3ec.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Published: 3/16/2022

Updated: 11/6/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-0980

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.6

Temporal Score: 8.6

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-0977

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: 3/15/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/15/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-0971, CVE-2022-0972, CVE-2022-0973, CVE-2022-0974, CVE-2022-0975, CVE-2022-0976, CVE-2022-0977, CVE-2022-0978, CVE-2022-0979, CVE-2022-0980

IAVA: 2022-A-0120-S