GLSA-201711-02 : Chromium, Google Chrome: Multiple vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 104510

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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-201711-02 (Chromium, Google Chrome: Multiple vulnerabilities)

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Chromium and Google Chrome. Please review the referenced CVE identifier and Google Chrome Releases for details.
Impact :

A remote attack may be able to execute arbitrary code, cause a Denial of Service condition, or have other unspecified impacts.
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-62.0.3202.89' All Google Chrome users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-client/google-chrome-62.0.3202.89'

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 104510

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201711-02.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 11/13/2017

Updated: 11/14/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-15399

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-15398

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:google-chrome, 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: 11/10/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15396, CVE-2017-15398, CVE-2017-15399

GLSA: 201711-02

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