Debian DSA-5479-1 : chromium - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 179974

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.

Multiple security issues were discovered in Chromium, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code, denial of service or information disclosure. For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 116.0.5845.96-1~deb11u1. For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 116.0.5845.96-1~deb12u1. We recommend that you upgrade your chromium packages. For the detailed security status of chromium please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/chromium

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian 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

Upgrade the chromium packages.

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

See Also

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

https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5479

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-2312

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-4349

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-4350

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-4351

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-4352

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-4353

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-4354

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-4355

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-4356

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-4357

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-4358

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-4359

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-4360

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-4361

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-4362

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-4363

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-4364

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-4365

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-4366

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-4367

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-4368

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

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 179974

File Name: debian_DSA-5479.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/18/2023

Updated: 1/27/2025

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: 7.8

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