GLSA-201204-03 : Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 59619

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-201204-03 (Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities)

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

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted web site using Chromium, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, a Denial of Service condition, or bypass of the same origin policy.
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-18.0.1025.151'

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?54681102

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201204-03

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 59619

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201204-03.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 6/21/2012

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/10/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/5/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3066, CVE-2011-3067, CVE-2011-3068, CVE-2011-3069, CVE-2011-3070, CVE-2011-3071, CVE-2011-3072, CVE-2011-3073, CVE-2011-3074, CVE-2011-3075, CVE-2011-3076, CVE-2011-3077

BID: 52913

GLSA: 201204-03