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Debian dsa-5697 : chromium - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 197906

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5697 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5697-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Andres Salomon May 24, 2024 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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 Package : chromium CVE ID : CVE-2024-5274

 A security issue was discovered in Chromium, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code, denial of service or information disclosure. Google is aware that an exploit for CVE-2024-5274 exists in the wild.

 For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 125.0.6422.112-1~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

 Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

 Mailing list: [email protected]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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-2024-5274

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 197906

File Name: debian_DSA-5697.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/24/2024

Updated: 11/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 10.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-5274

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.6

Temporal Score: 8.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/24/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/23/2024

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 6/18/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-5274