Debian DSA-5104-1 : chromium - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 159112

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5104 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 these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the chromium packages.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 99.0.4844.74-1~deb11u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 159112

File Name: debian_DSA-5104.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 3/21/2022

Updated: 3/23/2023

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chromium-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chromium-l10n, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chromium-shell, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chromium, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chromium-sandbox, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chromium-driver

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/18/2022

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

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