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GLSA-201709-25 : Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 103464

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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-201709-25 (Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities)

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

 A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.
 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-61.0.3163.100'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-25

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 103464

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201709-25.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Published: 9/26/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

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

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: 9/25/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-5121, CVE-2017-5122

GLSA: 201709-25