Debian DSA-3513-1 : chromium-browser - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 89851

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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-2016-1643 cloudfuzzer discovered a type confusion issue in Blink/Webkit.

- CVE-2016-1644 Atte Kettunen discovered a use-after-free issue in Blink/Webkit.

- CVE-2016-1645 An out-of-bounds write issue was discovered in the pdfium library.

Solution

Upgrade the chromium-browser packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 49.0.2623.87-1~deb8u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 89851

File Name: debian_DSA-3513.nasl

Version: 2.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 3/11/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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 v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/10/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1643, CVE-2016-1644, CVE-2016-1645

DSA: 3513

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