FreeBSD : electron{27,28} -- Out of bounds memory access in V8 (49dd9362-4473-48ae-8fac-e1b69db2dedf)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 192124

Language:

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 49dd9362-4473-48ae-8fac-e1b69db2dedf advisory.

- Out of bounds memory access in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 122.0.6261.111 allowed a remote attacker to perform out of bounds memory access via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2024-2173)

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-6hhg-hj7x-7qv8

http://www.nessus.org/u?47fe230b

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 192124

File Name: freebsd_pkg_49dd9362447348ae8face1b69db2dedf.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 3/14/2024

Updated: 7/4/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

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-2024-2173

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:electron27, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:electron28

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/14/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/5/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-2173