GLSA-201111-01 : Chromium, V8: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 56686

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201111-01 (Chromium, V8: Multiple vulnerabilities)

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Chromium and V8. Please review the CVE identifiers and release notes referenced below for details.
Impact :

A local attacker could gain root privileges (CVE-2011-1444, fixed in chromium-11.0.696.57).
A context-dependent attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted website or JavaScript program using Chromium or V8, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, or a Denial of Service condition. The attacker also could obtain cookies and other sensitive information, conduct man-in-the-middle attacks, perform address bar spoofing, bypass the same origin policy, perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks, or bypass pop-up blocks.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Chromium users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-client/chromium-15.0.874.102' All V8 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-lang/v8-3.5.10.22'

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 56686

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201111-01.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 11/2/2011

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:chromium, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:v8, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/1/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/29/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2345, CVE-2011-2346, CVE-2011-2347, CVE-2011-2348, CVE-2011-2349, CVE-2011-2350, CVE-2011-2351, CVE-2011-2834, CVE-2011-2835, CVE-2011-2837, CVE-2011-2838, CVE-2011-2839, CVE-2011-2840, CVE-2011-2841, CVE-2011-2843, CVE-2011-2844, CVE-2011-2845, CVE-2011-2846, CVE-2011-2847, CVE-2011-2848, CVE-2011-2849, CVE-2011-2850, CVE-2011-2851, CVE-2011-2852, CVE-2011-2853, CVE-2011-2854, CVE-2011-2855, CVE-2011-2856, CVE-2011-2857, CVE-2011-2858, CVE-2011-2859, CVE-2011-2860, CVE-2011-2861, CVE-2011-2862, CVE-2011-2864, CVE-2011-2874, CVE-2011-3234, CVE-2011-3873, CVE-2011-3875, CVE-2011-3876, CVE-2011-3877, CVE-2011-3878, CVE-2011-3879, CVE-2011-3880, CVE-2011-3881, CVE-2011-3882, CVE-2011-3883, CVE-2011-3884, CVE-2011-3885, CVE-2011-3886, CVE-2011-3887, CVE-2011-3888, CVE-2011-3889, CVE-2011-3890, CVE-2011-3891

BID: 48479, 49279, 49658, 49933, 49938, 50360

GLSA: 201111-01

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