GLSA-201210-07 : Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 62652

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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-201210-07 (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, arbitrary file write, a Denial of Service condition, Cross-Site Scripting in SSL interstitial and various Universal Cross-Site Scripting 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-22.0.1229.94'

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 62652

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201210-07.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 10/22/2012

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.6

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

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

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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/21/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/6/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2859, CVE-2012-2860, CVE-2012-2865, CVE-2012-2866, CVE-2012-2867, CVE-2012-2868, CVE-2012-2869, CVE-2012-2872, CVE-2012-2874, CVE-2012-2876, CVE-2012-2877, CVE-2012-2878, CVE-2012-2879, CVE-2012-2880, CVE-2012-2881, CVE-2012-2882, CVE-2012-2883, CVE-2012-2884, CVE-2012-2885, CVE-2012-2886, CVE-2012-2887, CVE-2012-2888, CVE-2012-2889, CVE-2012-2891, CVE-2012-2892, CVE-2012-2894, CVE-2012-2896, CVE-2012-2900, CVE-2012-5108, CVE-2012-5110, CVE-2012-5111, CVE-2012-5112, CVE-2012-5376

BID: 54749, 55331, 55676, 55830, 55867

GLSA: 201210-07

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