openSUSE 15 Security Update : chromium (openSUSE-SU-2024:0302-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 207323

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-2024:0302-1 advisory.

Chromium 128.0.6613.137 (released 2024-09-10) (boo#1230391)

* CVE-2024-8636: Heap buffer overflow in Skia
* CVE-2024-8637: Use after free in Media Router
* CVE-2024-8638: Type Confusion in V8
* CVE-2024-8639: Use after free in Autofill

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.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1230391

http://www.nessus.org/u?676d8a69

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8636

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8637

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8638

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8639

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 207323

File Name: openSUSE-2024-0302-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/17/2024

Updated: 9/17/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-8639

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.6, 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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/16/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/10/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-8636, CVE-2024-8637, CVE-2024-8638, CVE-2024-8639