openSUSE 15 Security Update : chromium (openSUSE-SU-2024:0137-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 197887

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2024:0137-1 advisory.

- Chromium 125.0.6422.76 (boo#1224818)
* CVE-2024-5157: Use after free in Scheduling
* CVE-2024-5158: Type Confusion in V8
* CVE-2024-5159: Heap buffer overflow in ANGLE
* CVE-2024-5160: Heap buffer overflow in Dawn
* Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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

Update the affected chromedriver and / or chromium packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 197887

File Name: openSUSE-2024-0137-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 5/24/2024

Updated: 12/20/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-5159

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.5, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:chromedriver, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:chromium

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/23/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/21/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-5157, CVE-2024-5158, CVE-2024-5159, CVE-2024-5160

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