RHEL 6 : chromium-browser (RHSA-2016:1485)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 92552

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for chromium-browser.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2016:1485 advisory.

- chromium-browser: various fixes from internal audits (CVE-2016-1705)

- chromium-browser: sandbox escape in ppapi (CVE-2016-1706)

- chromium-browser: use-after-free in extensions (CVE-2016-1708)

- chromium-browser: heap-buffer-overflow in sfntly (CVE-2016-1709)

- chromium-browser: same-origin bypass in blink (CVE-2016-1710, CVE-2016-1711)

- chromium-browser: use-after-free in blink (CVE-2016-5127)

- chromium-browser: same-origin bypass in v8 (CVE-2016-5128)

- chromium-browser: memory corruption in v8 (CVE-2016-5129)

- chromium-browser: url spoofing (CVE-2016-5130)

- libxml2: Use after free triggered by XPointer paths beginning with range-to (CVE-2016-5131)

- chromium-browser: limited same-origin bypass in service workers (CVE-2016-5132)

- chromium-browser: origin confusion in proxy authentication (CVE-2016-5133)

- chromium-browser: url leakage via pac script (CVE-2016-5134)

- chromium-browser: content-security-policy bypass (CVE-2016-5135)

- chromium-browser: use after free in extensions (CVE-2016-5136)

- chromium-browser: history sniffing with hsts and csp (CVE-2016-5137)

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 RHEL chromium-browser package based on the guidance in RHSA-2016:1485.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 92552

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2016-1485.nasl

Version: 2.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 7/26/2016

Updated: 4/24/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-1706

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.6

Temporal Score: 8.3

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/26/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/23/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1705, CVE-2016-1706, CVE-2016-1708, CVE-2016-1709, CVE-2016-1710, CVE-2016-1711, CVE-2016-5127, CVE-2016-5128, CVE-2016-5129, CVE-2016-5130, CVE-2016-5131, CVE-2016-5132, CVE-2016-5133, CVE-2016-5134, CVE-2016-5135, CVE-2016-5136, CVE-2016-5137

RHSA: 2016:1485

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