GLSA-201012-01 : Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 51349

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201012-01 (Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities)

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Chromium. For further information please consult the release notes referenced below.
Impact :

A remote attacker could trick a user to perform a set of UI actions that trigger a possibly exploitable crash, leading to execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service.
It was also possible for an attacker to entice a user to visit a specially crafted web page that would trigger one of the vulnerabilities, leading to execution of arbitrary code within the confines of the sandbox, successful Cross-Site Scripting attacks, violation of the same-origin policy, successful website spoofing attacks, information leak, or a Denial of Service. An attacker could also trick a user to perform a set of UI actions that might result in a successful website spoofing attack.
Multiple bugs in the sandbox could result in a sandbox escape.
Multiple UI bugs could lead to information leak and successful website spoofing attacks.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Chromium users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-client/chromium-8.0.552.224'

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 51349

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201012-01.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 12/20/2010

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:chromium, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 12/17/2010

Reference Information

GLSA: 201012-01

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