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GLSA-201805-06 : Chromium, Google Chrome: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 109930

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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-201805-06 (Chromium, Google Chrome: Multiple vulnerabilities)

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

 A remote attacker, by enticing a user to install malicious extensions, could possibly escalate privileges, 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-66.0.3359.170' All Google Chrome users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-client/google-chrome-66.0.3359.170'

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?875f0b01

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-06

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 109930

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201805-06.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 5/21/2018

Updated: 1/16/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:google-chrome, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 5/20/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-6120, CVE-2018-6121, CVE-2018-6122

GLSA: 201805-06