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GLSA-201409-06 : Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 77774

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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-201409-06 (Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities)

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

 A remote attacker may be able to cause a Denial of Service condition or possibly have other unspecified impact by leveraging improper handling of render-tree inconsistencies.
 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-37.0.2062.120'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201409-06

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 77774

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201409-06.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Published: 9/22/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

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, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/19/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3178, CVE-2014-3179

BID: 69709, 69710

GLSA: 201409-06