Debian DSA-2939-1 : chromium-browser - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 74256

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Synopsis

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

Description

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the chromium web browser.

- CVE-2014-1743 cloudfuzzer discovered a use-after-free issue in the Blink/Webkit document object model implementation.

- CVE-2014-1744 Aaron Staple discovered an integer overflow issue in audio input handling.

- CVE-2014-1745 Atte Kettunen discovered a use-after-free issue in the Blink/Webkit scalable vector graphics implementation.

- CVE-2014-1746 Holger Fuhrmannek discovered an out-of-bounds read issue in the URL protocol implementation for handling media.

- CVE-2014-1747 packagesu discovered a cross-site scripting issue involving malformed MHTML files.

- CVE-2014-1748 Jordan Milne discovered a user interface spoofing issue.

- CVE-2014-1749 The Google Chrome development team discovered and fixed multiple issues with potential security impact.

- CVE-2014-3152 An integer underflow issue was discovered in the v8 JavaScript library.

Solution

Upgrade the chromium-browser packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 35.0.1916.114-1~deb7u2.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 74256

File Name: debian_DSA-2939.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 6/2/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chromium-browser, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/31/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-1743, CVE-2014-1744, CVE-2014-1745, CVE-2014-1746, CVE-2014-1747, CVE-2014-1748, CVE-2014-1749, CVE-2014-3152

BID: 67517

DSA: 2939

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