Debian DSA-5253-1 : chromium - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 166110

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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-5253 advisory.

- Use after free in Skia. (CVE-2022-3445)

- Heap buffer overflow in WebSQL. (CVE-2022-3446)

- Inappropriate implementation in Custom Tabs. (CVE-2022-3447)

- Use after free in Permissions API. (CVE-2022-3448)

- Use after free in Safe Browsing. (CVE-2022-3449)

- Use after free in Peer Connection. (CVE-2022-3450)

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 106.0.5249.119-1~deb11u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 166110

File Name: debian_DSA-5253.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 10/14/2022

Updated: 11/11/2022

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-3450

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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:U/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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/11/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-3445, CVE-2022-3446, CVE-2022-3447, CVE-2022-3448, CVE-2022-3449, CVE-2022-3450

IAVA: 2022-A-0403-S

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