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openSUSE Security Update : chromium (openSUSE-2016-1084)

high Nessus Plugin ID 93554

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Chromium was updated to 53.0.2785.113 to fix a number of security issues and bugs.

The following vulnerabilities were fixed :

 - CVE-2016-5170: Use after free in Blink

 - CVE-2016-5171: Use after free in Blink

 - CVE-2016-5172: Arbitrary Memory Read in v8

 - CVE-2016-5173: Extension resource access

 - CVE-2016-5174: Popup not correctly suppressed

 - CVE-2016-5175: Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives.

The following upstream fixes are included :

 - SPDY crasher fixes

 - Disable NV12 DXGI video on AMD

 - Forward --password-store switch to os_crypt

 - Tell the kernel to discard USB requests when they time out.

 - disallow WKBackForwardListItem navigations for pushState pages

 - arc: bluetooth: Fix advertised uuid

 - fix conflicting PendingIntent for stop button and swipe away

The widevine plugin was re-enabled (boo#998328).

Solution

Update the affected chromium packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=998328

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=998743

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 93554

File Name: openSUSE-2016-1084.nasl

Version: 2.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/16/2016

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:chromedriver, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:chromedriver-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:chromium-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:chromium-desktop-kde, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:chromium-ffmpegsumo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:chromium, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:chromium-desktop-gnome, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:chromium-ffmpegsumo-debuginfo

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/14/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5170, CVE-2016-5171, CVE-2016-5172, CVE-2016-5173, CVE-2016-5174, CVE-2016-5175