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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Chromium vulnerabilities (USN-5881-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 171733

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5881-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Chromium did not properly manage memory. A remote attacker could possibly use these issues to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2023-0471, CVE-2023-0472, CVE-2023-0473, CVE-2023-0696, CVE-2023-0698, CVE-2023-0699, CVE-2023-0702, CVE-2023-0705)

 It was discovered that Chromium did not properly manage memory. A remote attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension could possibly use this issue to corrupt memory via a Chrome web app.
 (CVE-2023-0474)

 It was discovered that Chromium contained an inappropriate implementation in the Download component. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to spoof contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2023-0700)

 It was discovered that Chromium did not properly manage memory. A remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI interactions could possibly use these issues to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-0701, CVE-2023-0703)

 It was discovered that Chromium insufficiently enforced policies. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass same origin policy and proxy settings via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2023-0704)

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

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 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5881-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 171733

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5881-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/21/2023

Updated: 8/29/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, 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-2023-0703

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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:chromium-chromedriver, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:chromium-codecs-ffmpeg, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:chromium-browser-l10n, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:chromium-browser, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/21/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/24/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-0471, CVE-2023-0472, CVE-2023-0473, CVE-2023-0474, CVE-2023-0696, CVE-2023-0698, CVE-2023-0699, CVE-2023-0700, CVE-2023-0701, CVE-2023-0702, CVE-2023-0703, CVE-2023-0704, CVE-2023-0705

USN: 5881-1