Debian DSA-5573-1 : chromium - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 186704

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-5573 advisory.

Multiple security issues were discovered in Chromium, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code, denial of service or information disclosure. For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), the updates are pending and will be released shortly. When completed, fixes will be made available as 120.0.6099.71-1~deb11u1. For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 120.0.6099.71-1~deb12u1. We recommend that you upgrade your chromium packages. For the detailed security status of chromium please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security- tracker.debian.org/tracker/chromium

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian 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

Upgrade the chromium packages.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 120.0.6099.71-1~deb12u1.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/bookworm/chromium

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/chromium

https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5573

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-6508

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-6509

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-6510

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-6511

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-6512

https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/chromium

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 186704

File Name: debian_DSA-5573.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/9/2023

Updated: 1/24/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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-2023-6510

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: 12/9/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/5/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-6508, CVE-2023-6509, CVE-2023-6510, CVE-2023-6511, CVE-2023-6512