Debian DSA-5487-1 : chromium - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 180520

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 11 / 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5487 advisory.

A security issue was discovered in Chromium, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code. For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 116.0.5845.140-1~deb11u1.
For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 116.0.5845.140-1~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 this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the chromium packages.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 116.0.5845.140-1~deb12u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 180520

File Name: debian_DSA-5487.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 9/6/2023

Updated: 1/24/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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-2023-4572

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, 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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/31/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/29/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-4572

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