Debian DSA-5148-1 : chromium - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 161512

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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-5148 advisory.

- Use after free in App Service in Google Chrome prior to 102.0.5005.61 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted Chrome Extension. (CVE-2022-1870)

- Use after free in Indexed DB in Google Chrome prior to 102.0.5005.61 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2022-1853)

- Use after free in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 102.0.5005.61 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2022-1854)

- Use after free in Messaging in Google Chrome prior to 102.0.5005.61 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2022-1855)

- Use after free in User Education in Google Chrome prior to 102.0.5005.61 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted Chrome Extension or specific user interaction. (CVE-2022-1856)

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 102.0.5005.61-1~deb11u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 161512

File Name: debian_DSA-5148.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 5/26/2022

Updated: 10/26/2023

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-2022-1876

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-2022-1853

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: 5/25/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/24/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-1853, CVE-2022-1854, CVE-2022-1855, CVE-2022-1856, CVE-2022-1857, CVE-2022-1858, CVE-2022-1859, CVE-2022-1860, CVE-2022-1861, CVE-2022-1862, CVE-2022-1863, CVE-2022-1864, CVE-2022-1865, CVE-2022-1866, CVE-2022-1867, CVE-2022-1868, CVE-2022-1869, CVE-2022-1870, CVE-2022-1871, CVE-2022-1872, CVE-2022-1873, CVE-2022-1874, CVE-2022-1875, CVE-2022-1876

IAVA: 2022-A-0220-S

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