Debian DSA-5526-1 : chromium - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 183019

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5526 advisory.

- Use after free in Site Isolation in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical) (CVE-2023-5218)

- Use after free in Cast in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low) (CVE-2023-5473)

- Heap buffer overflow in PDF in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific user interactions to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted PDF file. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-5474)

- Inappropriate implementation in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass discretionary access control via a crafted Chrome Extension. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-5475)

- Use after free in Blink History in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-5476)

- Inappropriate implementation in Installer in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed a local attacker to bypass discretionary access control via a crafted command. (Chromium security severity: Low) (CVE-2023-5477)

- Inappropriate implementation in Autofill in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed a remote attacker to leak cross-origin data via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low) (CVE-2023-5478)

- Inappropriate implementation in Extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 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-2023-5479)

- Inappropriate implementation in Downloads in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed a remote attacker to spoof security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-5481)

- Inappropriate implementation in Intents in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed a remote attacker to bypass content security policy via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-5483)

- Inappropriate implementation in Navigation in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed a remote attacker to spoof security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-5484)

- Inappropriate implementation in Autofill in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed a remote attacker to bypass autofill restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low) (CVE-2023-5485)

- Inappropriate implementation in Input in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed a remote attacker to spoof security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low) (CVE-2023-5486)

- Inappropriate implementation in Fullscreen in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass navigation restrictions via a crafted Chrome Extension. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-5487)

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 118.0.5993.70-1~deb12u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 183019

File Name: debian_DSA-5526.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 10/13/2023

Updated: 11/1/2023

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-2023-5476

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: 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: 10/12/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/10/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-5218, CVE-2023-5473, CVE-2023-5474, CVE-2023-5475, CVE-2023-5476, CVE-2023-5477, CVE-2023-5478, CVE-2023-5479, CVE-2023-5481, CVE-2023-5483, CVE-2023-5484, CVE-2023-5485, CVE-2023-5486, CVE-2023-5487

IAVA: 2023-A-0550-S

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