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.

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

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Version 1.3 Aug 29, 2024, 7:18 AM CVSSv3 score source (changed from "CVE-2023-0703" to none) Plugin Feed: 202408290718
Version 1.2 Aug 28, 2024, 7:43 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") CVSSv3 score source (set to "CVE-2023-0703") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202408281943
Version 1.1 Oct 23, 2023, 6:27 PM CVSSv2 score source (changed from "CVE-2023-0699" to "CVE-2023-0703") CVSSv3 score source (changed from "CVE-2023-0703" to "None") Detection Exploit attributes ("Exploit available" set to "False") Plugin Feed: 202310231827
Version 1.0 Feb 22, 2023, 1:58 AM New Plugin Feed: 202302220158