Debian DSA-5187-1 : chromium - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 163416

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-5187 advisory.

- Use after free in Cast UI and Toolbar. (CVE-2022-2163)

- : Use after free in Guest View. (CVE-2022-2477)

- : Use after free in PDF. (CVE-2022-2478)

- : Insufficient validation of untrusted input in File. (CVE-2022-2479)

- : Use after free in Service Worker API. (CVE-2022-2480)

- Use after free in Views. (CVE-2022-2481)

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 103.0.5060.134-1~deb11u1.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/chromium

https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5187

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-2163

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-2477

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-2478

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-2479

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-2480

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-2481

https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/chromium

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 163416

File Name: debian_DSA-5187.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/23/2022

Updated: 3/23/2023

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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-2022-2481

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: 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: 7/22/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/21/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-2163, CVE-2022-2477, CVE-2022-2478, CVE-2022-2479, CVE-2022-2480, CVE-2022-2481