RHEL 6 : chromium-browser (RHSA-2016:2067)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 94103

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

An update for chromium-browser is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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

This update upgrades Chromium to version 54.0.2840.59.

Security Fix(es) :

* Multiple flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Chromium to crash, execute arbitrary code, or disclose sensitive information when visited by the victim. (CVE-2016-5181, CVE-2016-5182, CVE-2016-5183, CVE-2016-5184, CVE-2016-5185, CVE-2016-5187, CVE-2016-5194, CVE-2016-5186, CVE-2016-5188, CVE-2016-5189, CVE-2016-5190, CVE-2016-5191, CVE-2016-5192, CVE-2016-5193)

Solution

Update the affected chromium-browser and / or chromium-browser-debuginfo packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2067

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5181

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5182

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5183

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5184

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5185

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5186

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5187

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5188

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5189

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5190

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5191

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5192

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5193

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5194

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 94103

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2016-2067.nasl

Version: 2.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/18/2016

Updated: 5/29/2020

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:chromium-browser, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:chromium-browser-debuginfo, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/17/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/18/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5181, CVE-2016-5182, CVE-2016-5183, CVE-2016-5184, CVE-2016-5185, CVE-2016-5186, CVE-2016-5187, CVE-2016-5188, CVE-2016-5189, CVE-2016-5190, CVE-2016-5191, CVE-2016-5192, CVE-2016-5193, CVE-2016-5194

RHSA: 2016:2067