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Fedora 38 : chromium (2023-8c9fd2a001)

high Nessus Plugin ID 183652

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 38 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-8c9fd2a001 advisory.

 Update to 118.0.5993.70. Include following security fixes:

 - CVE-2023-5218: Use after free in Site Isolation.
 - CVE-2023-5487: Inappropriate implementation in Fullscreen.
 - CVE-2023-5484: Inappropriate implementation in Navigation.
 - CVE-2023-5475: Inappropriate implementation in DevTools.
 - CVE-2023-5483: Inappropriate implementation in Intents.
 - CVE-2023-5481: Inappropriate implementation in Downloads.
 - CVE-2023-5476: Use after free in Blink History.
 - CVE-2023-5474: Heap buffer overflow in PDF.
 - CVE-2023-5479: Inappropriate implementation in Extensions API.
 - CVE-2023-5485: Inappropriate implementation in Autofill.
 - CVE-2023-5478: Inappropriate implementation in Autofill.
 - CVE-2023-5477: Inappropriate implementation in Installer.
 - CVE-2023-5486: Inappropriate implementation in Input.
 - CVE-2023-5473: Use after free in Cast.


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 update to 117.0.5938.149.


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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

Update the affected chromium package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-8c9fd2a001

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 183652

File Name: fedora_2023-8c9fd2a001.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/21/2023

Updated: 11/15/2024

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: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:38, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:chromium

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/12/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/3/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-5218, CVE-2023-5346, 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