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Fedora 38 : chromium (2023-f29e9560a1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 185505

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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-f29e9560a1 advisory.

 update to 119.0.6045.123. Security fix for CVE-2023-5996

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 update to 119.0.6045.105. Security fixes:

 High CVE-2023-5480: Inappropriate implementation in Payments.
 High CVE-2023-5482: Insufficient data validation in USB.
 High CVE-2023-5849: Integer overflow in USB.
 Medium CVE-2023-5850: Incorrect security UI in Downloads.
 Medium CVE-2023-5851: Inappropriate implementation in Downloads.
 Medium CVE-2023-5852: Use after free in Printing.
 Medium CVE-2023-5853: Incorrect security UI in Downloads.
 Medium CVE-2023-5854: Use after free in Profiles.
 Medium CVE-2023-5855: Use after free in Reading Mode.
 Medium CVE-2023-5856: Use after free in Side Panel.
 Medium CVE-2023-5857: Inappropriate implementation in Downloads.
 Low CVE-2023-5858: Inappropriate implementation in WebApp Provider.
 Low CVE-2023-5859: Incorrect security UI in Picture In Picture.


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-f29e9560a1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 185505

File Name: fedora_2023-f29e9560a1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/13/2023

Updated: 11/14/2024

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-2023-5996

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: 11/10/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/31/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-5480, CVE-2023-5482, CVE-2023-5849, CVE-2023-5850, CVE-2023-5851, CVE-2023-5852, CVE-2023-5853, CVE-2023-5854, CVE-2023-5855, CVE-2023-5856, CVE-2023-5857, CVE-2023-5858, CVE-2023-5859, CVE-2023-5996