Debian DSA-5398-1 : chromium - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 175125

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-5398 advisory.

- Inappropriate implementation in Prompts in Google Chrome prior to 113.0.5672.63 allowed a remote attacker to bypass permission restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-2459)

- Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 113.0.5672.63 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass file access checks via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-2460)

- Use after free in OS Inputs in Google Chrome on ChromeOS prior to 113.0.5672.63 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to enage in specific UI interaction to potentially exploit heap corruption via crafted UI interaction. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-2461)

- Inappropriate implementation in Prompts in Google Chrome prior to 113.0.5672.63 allowed a remote attacker to obfuscate main origin data via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-2462)

- Inappropriate implementation in Full Screen Mode in Google Chrome on Android prior to 113.0.5672.63 allowed a remote attacker to hide the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-2463)

- Inappropriate implementation in PictureInPicture in Google Chrome prior to 113.0.5672.63 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to perform an origin spoof in the security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-2464)

- Inappropriate implementation in CORS in Google Chrome prior to 113.0.5672.63 allowed a remote attacker to leak cross-origin data via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-2465)

- Inappropriate implementation in Prompts in Google Chrome prior to 113.0.5672.63 allowed a remote attacker to spoof the contents of the security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low) (CVE-2023-2466)

- Inappropriate implementation in Prompts in Google Chrome on Android prior to 113.0.5672.63 allowed a remote attacker to bypass permissions restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity:
Low) (CVE-2023-2467)

- Inappropriate implementation in PictureInPicture in Google Chrome prior to 113.0.5672.63 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to obfuscate the security UI via a crafted HTML page.
(Chromium security severity: Low) (CVE-2023-2468)

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 113.0.5672.63-1~deb11u1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=992178

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/chromium

https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5398

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-2459

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-2460

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-2461

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-2462

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-2463

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-2464

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-2465

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-2466

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-2467

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-2468

https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/chromium

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 175125

File Name: debian_DSA-5398.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/5/2023

Updated: 5/19/2023

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous 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-2023-2461

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/4/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/2/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-2459, CVE-2023-2460, CVE-2023-2461, CVE-2023-2462, CVE-2023-2463, CVE-2023-2464, CVE-2023-2465, CVE-2023-2466, CVE-2023-2467, CVE-2023-2468

IAVA: 2023-A-0236-S