Debian DSA-5479-1 : chromium - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 179974

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 11 / 12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5479 advisory.

- Use after free in Offline in Google Chrome on Android prior to 116.0.5845.96 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
(Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-2312)

- Use after free in Device Trust Connectors in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.96 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity:
High) (CVE-2023-4349)

- Inappropriate implementation in Fullscreen in Google Chrome on Android prior to 116.0.5845.96 allowed a remote attacker to potentially spoof the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted HTML page.
(Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-4350)

- Use after free in Network in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.96 allowed a remote attacker who has elicited a browser shutdown to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-4351)

- Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.96 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-4352)

- Heap buffer overflow in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.96 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-4353)

- Heap buffer overflow in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.96 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-4354)

- Out of bounds memory access in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.96 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-4355)

- Use after free in Audio in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.96 allowed a remote attacker who has convinced a user to engage in specific UI interaction to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-4356)

- Insufficient validation of untrusted input in XML in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.96 allowed a remote attacker to bypass file access restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-4357)

- Use after free in DNS in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.96 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-4358)

- Inappropriate implementation in App Launcher in Google Chrome on iOS prior to 116.0.5845.96 allowed a remote attacker to potentially spoof elements of the security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-4359)

- Inappropriate implementation in Color in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.96 allowed a remote attacker to obfuscate security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-4360)

- Inappropriate implementation in Autofill in Google Chrome on Android prior to 116.0.5845.96 allowed a remote attacker to bypass Autofill restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity:
Medium) (CVE-2023-4361)

- Heap buffer overflow in Mojom IDL in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.96 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process and gained control of a WebUI process to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-4362)

- Inappropriate implementation in WebShare in Google Chrome on Android prior to 116.0.5845.96 allowed a remote attacker to spoof the contents of a dialog URL via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-4363)

- Inappropriate implementation in Permission Prompts in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.96 allowed a remote attacker to obfuscate security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-4364)

- Inappropriate implementation in Fullscreen in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.96 allowed a remote attacker to obfuscate security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-4365)

- Use after free in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.96 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: Medium) (CVE-2023-4366)

- Insufficient policy enforcement in Extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.96 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass an enterprise policy via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-4367, CVE-2023-4368)

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 (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 116.0.5845.96-1~deb12u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 179974

File Name: debian_DSA-5479.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 8/18/2023

Updated: 9/18/2023

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, continuous_assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

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-2023-4368

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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:P/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, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, 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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/17/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/15/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-2312, CVE-2023-4349, CVE-2023-4350, CVE-2023-4351, CVE-2023-4352, CVE-2023-4353, CVE-2023-4354, CVE-2023-4355, CVE-2023-4356, CVE-2023-4357, CVE-2023-4358, CVE-2023-4359, CVE-2023-4360, CVE-2023-4361, CVE-2023-4362, CVE-2023-4363, CVE-2023-4364, CVE-2023-4365, CVE-2023-4366, CVE-2023-4367, CVE-2023-4368

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