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FreeBSD : chromium -- security fix (ec8e4040-afcd-11ee-86bb-a8a1599412c6)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 187920

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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 ec8e4040-afcd-11ee-86bb-a8a1599412c6 advisory.

 - Insufficient data validation in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 120.0.6099.216 allowed an attacker in a privileged network position to install a malicious extension via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2024-0333)

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

http://www.nessus.org/u?bc91f925

http://www.nessus.org/u?b175158b

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 187920

File Name: freebsd_pkg_ec8e4040afcd11ee86bba8a1599412c6.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 1/10/2024

Updated: 1/19/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-0333

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:chromium, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ungoogled-chromium, 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: 1/10/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/9/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-0333

IAVA: 2024-A-0020-S