Debian DSA-5289-1 : chromium - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 168215

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5289 advisory.

Multiple security issues were discovered in Chromium, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code. For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 107.0.5304.121-1~deb11u1. We recommend that you upgrade your chromium packages. For the detailed security status of chromium please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security- tracker.debian.org/tracker/chromium

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the chromium packages.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 107.0.5304.121-1~deb11u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 168215

File Name: debian_DSA-5289.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 11/28/2022

Updated: 1/27/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-4135

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.6

Temporal Score: 8.9

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:F/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: 11/27/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/24/2022

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 12/19/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-4135

IAVA: 2022-A-0501-S

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