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FreeBSD : electron{25,26} -- use after free in Garbage Collection (147353a3-c33b-46d1-b751-e72c0d7f29df)

high Nessus Plugin ID 186201

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the 147353a3-c33b-46d1-b751-e72c0d7f29df advisory.

 - Use after free in Garbage Collection in Google Chrome prior to 119.0.6045.159 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-5997)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fggx-frxq-cpx8

http://www.nessus.org/u?53e36047

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 186201

File Name: freebsd_pkg_147353a3c33b46d1b751e72c0d7f29df.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 11/22/2023

Updated: 11/22/2023

Supported Sensors: 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-2023-5997

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:freebsd:freebsd:electron25, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:electron26, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/22/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/14/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-5997