Debian dsa-5629 : chromium - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 190927

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-5629 advisory.

- Out of bounds memory access in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 122.0.6261.57 allowed a remote attacker to perform out of bounds memory access via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2024-1669)

- Use after free in Mojo in Google Chrome prior to 122.0.6261.57 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2024-1670)

- Inappropriate implementation in Site Isolation in Google Chrome prior to 122.0.6261.57 allowed a remote attacker to bypass content security policy via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2024-1671)

- Inappropriate implementation in Content Security Policy in Google Chrome prior to 122.0.6261.57 allowed a remote attacker to bypass content security policy via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity:
Medium) (CVE-2024-1672)

- Use after free in Accessibility in Google Chrome prior to 122.0.6261.57 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially exploit heap corruption via specific UI gestures.
(Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2024-1673)

- Inappropriate implementation in Navigation in Google Chrome prior to 122.0.6261.57 allowed a remote attacker to bypass navigation restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2024-1674)

- Insufficient policy enforcement in Download in Google Chrome prior to 122.0.6261.57 allowed a remote attacker to bypass filesystem restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2024-1675)

- Inappropriate implementation in Navigation in Google Chrome prior to 122.0.6261.57 allowed a remote attacker to spoof security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low) (CVE-2024-1676)

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.

See Also

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

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-1669

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-1670

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-1671

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-1672

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-1673

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-1674

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-1675

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-1676

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 190927

File Name: debian_DSA-5629.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/23/2024

Updated: 11/6/2024

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-1670

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-1676

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: 2/23/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/20/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-1669, CVE-2024-1670, CVE-2024-1671, CVE-2024-1672, CVE-2024-1673, CVE-2024-1674, CVE-2024-1675, CVE-2024-1676

IAVA: 2024-A-0110-S, 2024-A-0118-S