openSUSE 15 Security Update : chromium (openSUSE-SU-2022:10244-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 168897

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2022:10244-1 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

Update the affected chromedriver and / or chromium packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1205433

http://www.nessus.org/u?9ce33329

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4436

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4437

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4438

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4439

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4440

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 168897

File Name: openSUSE-2022-10244-1.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/17/2022

Updated: 12/17/2022

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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:novell:opensuse:chromedriver, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:chromium, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.4

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/15/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/13/2022

Reference Information

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