CentOS 6 : chromium-browser (RHSA-2020:2643)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 208516

Synopsis

The remote CentOS Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 6 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:2643 advisory.

- Use after free in speech in Google Chrome prior to 83.0.4103.106 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2020-6505)

- Insufficient policy enforcement in WebView in Google Chrome on Android prior to 83.0.4103.106 allowed a remote attacker to bypass site isolation via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2020-6506)

- Out of bounds write in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 83.0.4103.106 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2020-6507)

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 chromium-browser package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2643

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 208516

File Name: centos_RHSA-2020-2643.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/9/2024

Updated: 10/10/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-6507

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.6

Temporal Score: 9.2

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-6505

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:chromium-browser, cpe:/o:centos:centos:6

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/22/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/15/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-6505, CVE-2020-6506, CVE-2020-6507

RHSA: 2020:2643