Debian DSA-5302-1 : chromium - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 168882

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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-5302 advisory.

- Use after free in Blink Media in Google Chrome prior to 108.0.5359.124 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2022-4436)

- Use after free in Mojo IPC in Google Chrome prior to 108.0.5359.124 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2022-4437)

- Use after free in Blink Frames in Google Chrome prior to 108.0.5359.124 allowed a remote attacker who convinced the user to engage in specific UI interactions to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2022-4438)

- Use after free in Aura in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 108.0.5359.124 allowed a remote attacker who convinced the user to engage in specific UI interactions to potentially exploit heap corruption via specific UI interactions. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2022-4439)

- Use after free in Profiles in Google Chrome prior to 108.0.5359.124 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2022-4440)

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 108.0.5359.124-1~deb11u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 168882

File Name: debian_DSA-5302.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 12/16/2022

Updated: 12/16/2022

Supported Sensors: Agentless 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: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-4440

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: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chromium, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chromium-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chromium-driver, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chromium-l10n, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chromium-sandbox, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chromium-shell, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/16/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/13/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-4436, CVE-2022-4437, CVE-2022-4438, CVE-2022-4439, CVE-2022-4440

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