openSUSE 15 Security Update : chromium (openSUSE-SU-2023:0124-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 177098

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2023:0124-1 advisory.

- Out of bounds write in Swiftshader in Google Chrome prior to 114.0.5735.90 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-2929)

- Use after free in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 114.0.5735.90 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
(Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-2930)

- Use after free in PDF in Google Chrome prior to 114.0.5735.90 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted PDF file. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-2931, CVE-2023-2932, CVE-2023-2933)

- Out of bounds memory access in Mojo in Google Chrome prior to 114.0.5735.90 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-2934)

- Type Confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 114.0.5735.90 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-2935, CVE-2023-2936)

- Inappropriate implementation in Picture In Picture in Google Chrome prior to 114.0.5735.90 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to spoof the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-2937, CVE-2023-2938)

- Insufficient data validation in Installer in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 114.0.5735.90 allowed a local attacker to perform privilege escalation via crafted symbolic link. (Chromium security severity:
Medium) (CVE-2023-2939)

- Inappropriate implementation in Downloads in Google Chrome prior to 114.0.5735.90 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass file access restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-2940)

- Inappropriate implementation in Extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 114.0.5735.90 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to spoof the contents of the UI via a crafted Chrome Extension. (Chromium security severity: Low) (CVE-2023-2941)

- Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 114.0.5735.110 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-3079)

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 177098

File Name: openSUSE-2023-0124-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/12/2023

Updated: 10/23/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-3079

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.2

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.4, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:chromedriver, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:chromium

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/9/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/30/2023

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 6/28/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-2929, CVE-2023-2930, CVE-2023-2931, CVE-2023-2932, CVE-2023-2933, CVE-2023-2934, CVE-2023-2935, CVE-2023-2936, CVE-2023-2937, CVE-2023-2938, CVE-2023-2939, CVE-2023-2940, CVE-2023-2941, CVE-2023-3079

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