openSUSE Security Update : chromium (openSUSE-2016-1142)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 93851

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update Chromium 53.0.2785.143 fixes the following issues (boo#1002140)

- CVE-2016-5177: Use after free in V8

- CVE-2016-5178: Various fixes from internal audits

The following bugfix changes are included :

- Export GDK_BACKEND=x11 before starting chromium, ensuring that it's started as an Xwayland client (boo#1001135).

- Changes to Sandbox to fix crashers on tumbleweed (boo#999091)

Solution

Update the affected chromium packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1001135

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1002140

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=999091

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 93851

File Name: openSUSE-2016-1142.nasl

Version: 2.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/5/2016

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:chromedriver, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:chromedriver-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:chromium, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:chromium-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:chromium-desktop-gnome, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:chromium-desktop-kde, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:chromium-ffmpegsumo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:chromium-ffmpegsumo-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 10/4/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5177, CVE-2016-5178