This update for chromium fixes the following issues :

Chromium was updated: to 72.0.3626.121 :

  - CVE-2019-5786: Use-after-free in FileReader fixed     (boo#1127602)

  - Feature fixes update only

Update to 73.0.3683.75. Fixes large bucket of CVEs.

CVE-2019-5754 CVE-2019-5782 CVE-2019-5755 CVE-2019-5756 CVE-2019-5757 CVE-2019-5758 CVE-2019-5759 CVE-2019-5760 CVE-2019-5761 CVE-2019-5762 CVE-2019-5763 CVE-2019-5764 CVE-2019-5765 CVE-2019-5766 CVE-2019-5767 CVE-2019-5768 CVE-2019-5769 CVE-2019-5770 CVE-2019-5771 CVE-2019-5772 CVE-2019-5773 CVE-2019-5774 CVE-2019-5775 CVE-2019-5776 CVE-2019-5777 CVE-2019-5778 CVE-2019-5779 CVE-2019-5780 CVE-2019-5781 CVE-2019-5784 CVE-2019-5786 CVE-2019-5787 CVE-2019-5788 CVE-2019-5789 CVE-2019-5790 CVE-2019-5791 CVE-2019-5792 CVE-2019-5793 CVE-2019-5794 CVE-2019-5795 CVE-2019-5796 CVE-2019-5797 CVE-2019-5798 CVE-2019-5799 CVE-2019-5800 CVE-2019-5802 CVE-2019-5803

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The version of Google Chrome installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 72.0.3626.121. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the 2019_03_stable-channel-update-for-desktop advisory.

  - Use-after-free in FileReader. (CVE-2019-5786)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Clement Lecigne discovered a use-after-free issue in chromium's file reader implementation. A maliciously crafted file could be used to remotely execute arbitrary code because of this problem.

This update also fixes a regression introduced in a previous update.
The browser would always crash when launched in remote debugging mode.

The version of Google Chrome installed on the remote macOS host is prior to 72.0.3626.121. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the 2019_03_stable-channel-update-for-desktop advisory.

  - Use-after-free in FileReader. (CVE-2019-5786)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201903-23 (Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Chromium and Google       Chrome. Please review the referenced CVE identifiers and Google Chrome       Releases for details.
  Impact :

    Please review the referenced CVE identifiers and Google Chrome Releases       for details.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2019:0481 advisory.

    Chromium is an open-source web browser, powered by WebKit (Blink).

    This update upgrades Chromium to version 72.0.3626.121.

    Security Fix(es):

    * chromium-browser: Use-after-free in FileReader (CVE-2019-5786)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Google Chrome installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 72.0.3626.121. It is, therefore, affected by a UAF vulnerability as referenced in the 2019_03_stable-channel-update-for-desktop advisory.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
122714	openSUSE Security Update : chromium (openSUSE-2019-298)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	3/8/2019	6/14/2024	medium
123100	Fedora 29 : chromium (2019-561eae4626)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	3/26/2019	6/12/2024	critical
124466	Fedora 30 : chromium (2019-05a780936d)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	5/2/2019	5/30/2024	critical
122617	Google Chrome < 72.0.3626.121 Vulnerability	Nessus	Windows	3/6/2019	12/5/2022	medium
122723	Debian DSA-4404-1 : chromium - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	3/11/2019	12/6/2022	medium
122616	Google Chrome < 72.0.3626.121 Vulnerability	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	3/6/2019	12/5/2022	medium
123429	GLSA-201903-23 : Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	3/28/2019	6/7/2024	high
122771	RHEL 6 : chromium-browser (RHSA-2019:0481)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	3/12/2019	11/6/2024	medium
700422	Google Chrome < 72.0.3626.121 Use-After-Free	Nessus Network Monitor	Web Clients	3/1/2019	3/25/2019	high

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