Use-after-free vulnerability in modules/websockets/WorkerThreadableWebSocketChannel.cpp in the Web Sockets implementation in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 36.0.1985.143, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors that trigger an unexpectedly long lifetime of a temporary object during method completion.

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the chromium web browser.

  - CVE-2014-3160     Christian Schneider discovered a same origin bypass     issue in SVG file resource fetching.

  - CVE-2014-3162     The Google Chrome development team addressed multiple     issues with potential security impact for chromium     36.0.1985.125.

  - CVE-2014-3165     Colin Payne discovered a use-after-free issue in the Web     Sockets implementation.

  - CVE-2014-3166     Antoine Delignat-Lavaud discovered an information leak     in the SPDY protocol implementation.

  - CVE-2014-3167     The Google Chrome development team addressed multiple     issues with potential security impact for chromium     36.0.1985.143.

  - CVE-2014-3168     cloudfuzzer discovered a use-after-free issue in SVG     image file handling.

  - CVE-2014-3169     Andrzej Dyjak discovered a use-after-free issue in the     Webkit/Blink Document Object Model implementation.

  - CVE-2014-3170     Rob Wu discovered a way to spoof the url of chromium     extensions.

  - CVE-2014-3171     cloudfuzzer discovered a use-after-free issue in     chromium's v8 bindings.

  - CVE-2014-3172     Eli Grey discovered a way to bypass access restrictions     using chromium's Debugger extension API.

  - CVE-2014-3173     jmuizelaar discovered an uninitialized read issue in     WebGL.

  - CVE-2014-3174     Atte Kettunen discovered an uninitialized read issue in     Web Audio.

  - CVE-2014-3175     The Google Chrome development team addressed multiple     issues with potential security impact for chromium     37.0.2062.94.

  - CVE-2014-3176     lokihardt@asrt discovered a combination of flaws that     can lead to remote code execution outside of chromium's     sandbox.

  - CVE-2014-3177     lokihardt@asrt discovered a combination of flaws that     can lead to remote code execution outside of chromium's     sandbox.

  - CVE-2014-3178     miaubiz discovered a use-after-free issue in the     Document Object Model implementation in Blink/Webkit.

  - CVE-2014-3179     The Google Chrome development team addressed multiple     issues with potential security impact for chromium     37.0.2062.120.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201408-16 (Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Chromium. Please review       the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker could conduct a number of attacks which include: cross       site scripting attacks, bypassing of sandbox protection,  potential       execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, or cause       a Denial of Service condition.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2320-1 advisory.

    A use-after-free was discovered in the websockets implementation in Blink. If a user were tricked in to     opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of     service via renderer crash. (CVE-2014-3165)

    An issue was discovered in the Public Key Pinning implementation in Chromium. An attacker could     potentially exploit this to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2014-3166)

    Multiple security issues were discovered in Chromium. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially     crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application     crash or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2014-3167)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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

Google Chrome Releases reports :

12 security fixes in this release, including

- [390174] High CVE-2014-3165: Use-after-free in web sockets. Credit to Collin Payne.

- [398925] High CVE-2014-3166: Information disclosure in SPDY. Credit to Antoine Delignat-Lavaud.

- [400950] CVE-2014-3167: Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives.

The version of Google Chrome installed on the remote Mac OS X host is a version prior to 36.0.1985.143. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - A use-after-free error exists in the Web Sockets     implementation in Blink which allows remote attackers     to cause a denial of service.
    (CVE-2014-3165)

  - An information disclosure vulnerability exists due to     the Public Key Pinning (PKP) implementation not     correctly considering the properties of SPDY     connections. This error allows remote attackers to     obtain sensitive information by leveraging the use of     multiple domain names. (CVE-2014-3166)

  - Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities allow attackers to     cause a denial of service.
    (CVE-2014-3167)

The version of Google Chrome installed on the remote host is a version prior to 36.0.1985.143. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - A use-after-free error exists in the Web Sockets     implementation in Blink which allows remote attackers     to cause a denial of service.
    (CVE-2014-3165)

  - An information disclosure vulnerability exists due to     the Public Key Pinning (PKP) implementation not     correctly considering the properties of SPDY     connections. This error allows remote attackers to     obtain sensitive information by leveraging the use of     multiple domain names. (CVE-2014-3166)

  - Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities allow attackers to     cause a denial of service.
    (CVE-2014-3167)

The version of Google Chrome installed on the remote host is a version prior to 36.0.1985.143 and is thus missing fixes for the following vulnerabilities:

  - A use-after-free in the web socket implementation of Blink, which may be leveraged to execute arbitrary code (CVE_2014-3165)

  - A flaw in the Public Key Pinning (PKP) implementation that may be leveraged to disclose sensitive information (CVE-2014-3166)

Other unspecified security flaws exist that have since been patched by this version.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
77973	Debian DSA-3039-1 : chromium-browser - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	Local	critical
77460	GLSA-201408-16 : Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	Local	critical
77300	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Oxide vulnerabilities (USN-2320-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	Local	critical
77189	FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (df7754c0-2294-11e4-b505-000c6e25e3e9)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	Local	high
77185	Google Chrome < 36.0.1985.143 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	Local	high
77184	Google Chrome < 36.0.1985.143 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	Local	high
8356	Google Chrome < 36.0.1985.143 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus Network Monitor	Web Clients		critical

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