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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Chromium vulnerabilities (USN-6021-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 174331

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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-6021-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Chromium did not properly manage memory in several components. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to corrupt memory via a crafted HTML page, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-1528, CVE-2023-1530, CVE-2023-1531, CVE-2023-1533, CVE-2023-1811, CVE-2023-1815, CVE-2023-1818)

 It was discovered that Chromium could be made to access memory out of bounds in WebHID. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to corrupt memory via a malicious HID device, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-1529)

 It was discovered that Chromium could be made to access memory out of bounds in several components. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to corrupt memory via a crafted HTML page, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-1532, CVE-2023-1534, CVE-2023-1810, CVE-2023-1812, CVE-2023-1819, CVE-2023-1820)

 It was discovered that Chromium contained an inappropriate implementation in the Extensions component. A remote attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension could possibly use this issue to bypass file access restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2023-1813)

 It was discovered that Chromium did not properly validate untrusted input in the Safe Browsing component.
 A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass download checking via a crafted HTML page.
 (CVE-2023-1814)

 It was discovered that Chromium contained an inappropriate implementation in the Picture In Picture component. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform navigation spoofing via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2023-1816)

 It was discovered that Chromium contained an inappropriate implementation in the WebShare component. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to hide the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2023-1821)

 It was discovered that Chromium contained an inappropriate implementation in the Navigation component. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform domain spoofing via a crafted HTML page.
 (CVE-2023-1822)

 It was discovered that Chromium contained an inappropriate implementation in the FedCM component. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass navigation restrictions via a crafted HTML page.
 (CVE-2023-1823)

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-6021-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 174331

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6021-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/14/2023

Updated: 8/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-1820

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-1529

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/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/14/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/21/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-1528, CVE-2023-1529, CVE-2023-1530, CVE-2023-1531, CVE-2023-1532, CVE-2023-1533, CVE-2023-1534, CVE-2023-1810, CVE-2023-1811, CVE-2023-1812, CVE-2023-1813, CVE-2023-1814, CVE-2023-1815, CVE-2023-1816, CVE-2023-1818, CVE-2023-1819, CVE-2023-1820, CVE-2023-1821, CVE-2023-1822, CVE-2023-1823

USN: 6021-1