Debian DSA-3376-1 : chromium-browser - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 86486

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Synopsis

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

Description

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the chromium web browser.

- CVE-2015-1303 Mariusz Mlynski discovered a way to bypass the Same Origin Policy in the DOM implementation.

- CVE-2015-1304 Mariusz Mlynski discovered a way to bypass the Same Origin Policy in the v8 JavaScript library.

- CVE-2015-6755 Mariusz Mlynski discovered a way to bypass the Same Origin Policy in blink/webkit.

- CVE-2015-6756 A use-after-free issue was found in the pdfium library.

- CVE-2015-6757 Collin Payne found a use-after-free issue in the ServiceWorker implementation.

- CVE-2015-6758 Atte Kettunen found an issue in the pdfium library.

- CVE-2015-6759 Muneaki Nishimura discovered an information leak.

- CVE-2015-6760 Ronald Crane discovered a logic error in the ANGLE library involving lost device events.

- CVE-2015-6761 Aki Helin and Khalil Zhani discovered a memory corruption issue in the ffmpeg library.

- CVE-2015-6762 Muneaki Nishimura discovered a way to bypass the Same Origin Policy in the CSS implementation.

- CVE-2015-6763 The chrome 46 development team found and fixed various issues during internal auditing. Also multiple issues were fixed in the v8 JavaScript library, version 4.6.85.23.

Solution

Upgrade the chromium-browser packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 46.0.2490.71-1~deb8u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 86486

File Name: debian_DSA-3376.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 10/21/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chromium-browser

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/20/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-1303, CVE-2015-1304, CVE-2015-6755, CVE-2015-6756, CVE-2015-6757, CVE-2015-6758, CVE-2015-6759, CVE-2015-6760, CVE-2015-6761, CVE-2015-6762, CVE-2015-6763

DSA: 3376

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