Debian DSA-5499-1 : chromium - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 181567

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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-5499 advisory.

- Inappropriate implementation in Custom Tabs in Google Chrome on Android prior to 117.0.5938.62 allowed a remote attacker to obfuscate a permission prompt via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity:
Medium) (CVE-2023-4900)

- Inappropriate implementation in Prompts in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.62 allowed a remote attacker to potentially spoof security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-4901)

- Inappropriate implementation in Input in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.62 allowed a remote attacker to spoof security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-4902)

- Inappropriate implementation in Custom Mobile Tabs in Google Chrome on Android prior to 117.0.5938.62 allowed a remote attacker to spoof security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity:
Medium) (CVE-2023-4903)

- Insufficient policy enforcement in Downloads in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.62 allowed a remote attacker to bypass Enterprise policy restrictions via a crafted download. (Chromium security severity:
Medium) (CVE-2023-4904)

- Inappropriate implementation in Prompts in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.62 allowed a remote attacker to spoof security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-4905)

- Insufficient policy enforcement in Autofill in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.62 allowed a remote attacker to bypass Autofill restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low) (CVE-2023-4906)

- Inappropriate implementation in Intents in Google Chrome on Android prior to 117.0.5938.62 allowed a remote attacker to obfuscate security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low) (CVE-2023-4907)

- Inappropriate implementation in Picture in Picture in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.62 allowed a remote attacker to spoof security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low) (CVE-2023-4908)

- Inappropriate implementation in Interstitials in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.62 allowed a remote attacker to obfuscate security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low) (CVE-2023-4909)

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 117.0.5938.62-1~deb12u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 181567

File Name: debian_DSA-5499.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 9/19/2023

Updated: 9/21/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-4909

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chromium, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chromium-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chromium-driver, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chromium-l10n, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chromium-sandbox, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chromium-shell, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/18/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-4900, CVE-2023-4901, CVE-2023-4902, CVE-2023-4903, CVE-2023-4904, CVE-2023-4905, CVE-2023-4906, CVE-2023-4907, CVE-2023-4908, CVE-2023-4909

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