FreeBSD : chromium -- Type confusion in V8 (fe15f30a-b4c9-11ec-94a3-3065ec8fd3ec)

high Nessus Plugin ID 159507

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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 a vulnerability as referenced in the fe15f30a-b4c9-11ec-94a3-3065ec8fd3ec advisory.

- Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 100.0.4896.75 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2022-1232)

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?5303bccf

http://www.nessus.org/u?7beb1cd8

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 159507

File Name: freebsd_pkg_fe15f30ab4c911ec94a33065ec8fd3ec.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Published: 4/5/2022

Updated: 11/3/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2022-1232

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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:P/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: 4/5/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/4/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-1232

IAVA: 2022-A-0133-S