Type confusion in JavaScript in Google Chrome prior to 67.0.3396.87 allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory write via a crafted HTML page.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Type confusion in JavaScript in Google Chrome prior to 67.0.3396.87 allowed a remote attacker to perform     an out of bounds memory write via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2018-6149)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

This update for Chromium to version 67.0.3396.99 fixes multiple issues.

Security issues fixed (bsc#1095163) :

  - CVE-2018-6123: Use after free in Blink

  - CVE-2018-6124: Type confusion in Blink

  - CVE-2018-6125: Overly permissive policy in WebUSB

  - CVE-2018-6126: Heap buffer overflow in Skia

  - CVE-2018-6127: Use after free in indexedDB

  - CVE-2018-6129: Out of bounds memory access in WebRTC

  - CVE-2018-6130: Out of bounds memory access in WebRTC

  - CVE-2018-6131: Incorrect mutability protection in     WebAssembly

  - CVE-2018-6132: Use of uninitialized memory in WebRTC

  - CVE-2018-6133: URL spoof in Omnibox

  - CVE-2018-6134: Referrer Policy bypass in Blink

  - CVE-2018-6135: UI spoofing in Blink

  - CVE-2018-6136: Out of bounds memory access in V8

  - CVE-2018-6137: Leak of visited status of page in Blink

  - CVE-2018-6138: Overly permissive policy in Extensions

  - CVE-2018-6139: Restrictions bypass in the debugger     extension API

  - CVE-2018-6140: Restrictions bypass in the debugger     extension API

  - CVE-2018-6141: Heap buffer overflow in Skia

  - CVE-2018-6142: Out of bounds memory access in V8

  - CVE-2018-6143: Out of bounds memory access in V8

  - CVE-2018-6144: Out of bounds memory access in PDFium

  - CVE-2018-6145: Incorrect escaping of MathML in Blink

  - CVE-2018-6147: Password fields not taking advantage of     OS protections in Views

  - CVE-2018-6148: Incorrect handling of CSP header     (boo#1096508)

  - CVE-2018-6149: Out of bounds write in V8 (boo#1097452)

The following tracked packaging changes are included :

  - Require ffmpeg >= 4.0 (boo#1095545)

The remote Fedora 28 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2018-499f2dbc96 advisory.

    Update to Chromium 68.
    Security fix for  CVE-2018-4117 CVE-2018-6044 CVE-2018-6150 CVE-2018-6151 CVE-2018-6152 CVE-2018-6153     CVE-2018-6154 CVE-2018-6155 CVE-2018-6156 CVE-2018-6157 CVE-2018-6158 CVE-2018-6159 CVE-2018-6161     CVE-2018-6162 CVE-2018-6163 CVE-2018-6149

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

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

The remote Fedora 27 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2018-4a16e37c81 advisory.

    Update to Chromium 69. (EPEL-7 update is blocked by a GCC bug: 1629813, so as soon as devtoolset-8     arrives...)

    Fixes a lot of security issues, like every major release of Chromium, including     CVE-2018-16087 CVE-2018-16088 CVE-2018-16086CVE-2018-16065 CVE-2018-16066 CVE-2018-16067 CVE-2018-16068     CVE-2018-16069 CVE-2018-16070 CVE-2018-16071 CVE-2018-16072 CVE-2018-16073     CVE-2018-16074 CVE-2018-16075 CVE-2018-16076 CVE-2018-16077 CVE-2018-16078

    ----

    Update to Chromium 68.
    Security fix for  CVE-2018-4117 CVE-2018-6044 CVE-2018-6150 CVE-2018-6151 CVE-2018-6152 CVE-2018-6153     CVE-2018-6154 CVE-2018-6155 CVE-2018-6156 CVE-2018-6157 CVE-2018-6158 CVE-2018-6159 CVE-2018-6161     CVE-2018-6162 CVE-2018-6163 CVE-2018-6149

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

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

The version of Google Chrome installed on the remote host is prior to 67.0.3396.87, and is affected by an out-of-bounds write flaw that may allow a context-dependent attacker to manipulate memory content and execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-6149)

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the chromium web browser.

  - CVE-2018-6118     Ned Williamson discovered a use-after-free issue.

  - CVE-2018-6120     Zhou Aiting discovered a buffer overflow issue in the     pdfium library.

  - CVE-2018-6121     It was discovered that malicious extensions could     escalate privileges.

  - CVE-2018-6122     A type confusion issue was discovered in the v8     JavaScript library.

  - CVE-2018-6123     Looben Yang discovered a use-after-free issue.

  - CVE-2018-6124     Guang Gong discovered a type confusion issue.

  - CVE-2018-6125     Yubico discovered that the WebUSB implementation was too     permissive.

  - CVE-2018-6126     Ivan Fratric discovered a buffer overflow issue in the     skia library.

  - CVE-2018-6127     Looben Yang discovered a use-after-free issue.

  - CVE-2018-6129     Natalie Silvanovich discovered an out-of-bounds read     issue in WebRTC.

  - CVE-2018-6130     Natalie Silvanovich discovered an out-of-bounds read     issue in WebRTC.

  - CVE-2018-6131     Natalie Silvanovich discovered an error in WebAssembly.

  - CVE-2018-6132     Ronald E. Crane discovered an uninitialized memory     issue.

  - CVE-2018-6133     Khalil Zhani discovered a URL spoofing issue.

  - CVE-2018-6134     Jun Kokatsu discovered a way to bypass the Referrer     Policy.

  - CVE-2018-6135     Jasper Rebane discovered a user interface spoofing     issue.

  - CVE-2018-6136     Peter Wong discovered an out-of-bounds read issue in the     v8 JavaScript library.

  - CVE-2018-6137     Michael Smith discovered an information leak.

  - CVE-2018-6138     Francois Lajeunesse-Robert discovered that the     extensions policy was too permissive.

  - CVE-2018-6139     Rob Wu discovered a way to bypass restrictions in the     debugger extension.

  - CVE-2018-6140     Rob Wu discovered a way to bypass restrictions in the     debugger extension.

  - CVE-2018-6141     Yangkang discovered a buffer overflow issue in the skia     library.

  - CVE-2018-6142     Choongwoo Han discovered an out-of-bounds read in the v8     JavaScript library.

  - CVE-2018-6143     Guang Gong discovered an out-of-bounds read in the v8     JavaScript library.

  - CVE-2018-6144     pdknsk discovered an out-of-bounds read in the pdfium     library.

  - CVE-2018-6145     Masato Kinugawa discovered an error in the MathML     implementation.

  - CVE-2018-6147     Michail Pishchagin discovered an error in password entry     fields.

  - CVE-2018-6148     Michal Bentkowski discovered that the Content Security     Policy header was handled incorrectly.

  - CVE-2018-6149     Yu Zhou and Jundong Xie discovered an out-of-bounds     write issue in the v8 JavaScript library.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201806-06 (Chromium, Google Chrome: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code)

    An out of bounds flaw has discovered in Chromium and Chrome&rsquo;s V8       component.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker, by enticing a user to visit a specially crafted       website, could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process   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-2018:1933 advisory.

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

    This update upgrades Chromium to version 67.0.3396.87.

    Security Fix(es):

    * chromium-browser: Out of bounds write in V8 (CVE-2018-6149)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, 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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
251700	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-6149	Nessus	Misc.	high
123234	openSUSE Security Update : Chromium (openSUSE-2019-548)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
120392	Fedora 28 : chromium (2018-499f2dbc96)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
117647	Fedora 27 : chromium (2018-4a16e37c81)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
700360	Google Chrome < 67.0.3396.87 RCE	Nessus Network Monitor	Web Clients	high
111345	openSUSE Security Update : Chromium (openSUSE-2018-759)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
110820	Debian DSA-4237-1 : chromium-browser - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical
110615	GLSA-201806-06 : Chromium, Google Chrome: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	high
110608	RHEL 6 : chromium-browser (RHSA-2018:1933)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high

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