Google Chrome < 21.0.1180.89 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 6563

Synopsis

The remote host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

Versions of Google Chrome earlier than 21.0.1180.89 are potentially affected by the following vulnerabilities :

- An out-of-bounds read error exists related to line-breaking. (CVE-2012-2865)

- Variable casting errors exist related to 'run-ins' and XSL transformations. (CVE-2012-2866, CVE-2012-2871)

- An unspecified error exists related to the SPDY protocol that can result in application crashes. (CVE-2012-2867)

- A unspecified race condition exists related to 'workers' and XHR. (CVE-2012-2868)

- An unspecified error exists related to stale buffers and URL loading. (CVE-2012-2869)

- Memory management issues exist related to XPath processing. (CVE-2012-2870)

- Cross-site scripting is possible during the SSL interstitial process. (CVE-2012-2872)

Successful exploitation of any of these issue could lead to an application crash or even allow arbitrary code execution, subject to the user's privileges.

Solution

Upgrade to Google Chrome 21.0.1180.89 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 6563

Family: Web Clients

Published: 9/5/2012

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 61774

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:google:chrome

Patch Publication Date: 8/31/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/31/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2865

BID: 55331

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