openSUSE 15 Security Update : chromium (openSUSE-SU-2024:0278-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 206702

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-2024:0278-1 advisory.

Chromium 128.0.6613.119 (released 2024-09-02) (boo#1230108)

* CVE-2024-8362: Use after free in WebAudio
* CVE-2024-7970: Out of bounds write in V8

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: 206702

File Name: openSUSE-2024-0278-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 9/6/2024

Updated: 9/6/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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-2024-7970

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-8362

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:chromium, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:chromedriver, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.6

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/5/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/2/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-7970, CVE-2024-8362

IAVA: 2024-A-0535

Detections

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