Debian DSA-4352-1 : chromium-browser - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 119509

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the chromium web browser.

- CVE-2018-17480 Guang Gong discovered an out-of-bounds write issue in the v8 JavaScript library.

- CVE-2018-17481 Several use-after-free issues were discovered in the pdfium library.

- CVE-2018-18335 A buffer overflow issue was discovered in the skia library.

- CVE-2018-18336 Huyna discovered a use-after-free issue in the pdfium library.

- CVE-2018-18337 cloudfuzzer discovered a use-after-free issue in blink/webkit.

- CVE-2018-18338 Zhe Jin discovered a buffer overflow issue in the canvas renderer.

- CVE-2018-18339 cloudfuzzer discovered a use-after-free issue in the WebAudio implementation.

- CVE-2018-18340 A use-after-free issue was discovered in the MediaRecorder implementation.

- CVE-2018-18341 cloudfuzzer discovered a buffer overflow issue in blink/webkit.

- CVE-2018-18342 Guang Gong discovered an out-of-bounds write issue in the v8 JavaScript library.

- CVE-2018-18343 Tran Tien Hung discovered a use-after-free issue in the skia library.

- CVE-2018-18344 Jann Horn discovered an error in the Extensions implementation.

- CVE-2018-18345 Masato Kinugawa and Jun Kokatsu discovered an error in the Site Isolation feature.

- CVE-2018-18346 Luan Herrera discovered an error in the user interface.

- CVE-2018-18347 Luan Herrera discovered an error in the Navigation implementation.

- CVE-2018-18348 Ahmed Elsobky discovered an error in the omnibox implementation.

- CVE-2018-18349 David Erceg discovered a policy enforcement error.

- CVE-2018-18350 Jun Kokatsu discovered a policy enforcement error.

- CVE-2018-18351 Jun Kokatsu discovered a policy enforcement error.

- CVE-2018-18352 Jun Kokatsu discovered an error in Media handling.

- CVE-2018-18353 Wenxu Wu discovered an error in the network authentication implementation.

- CVE-2018-18354 Wenxu Wu discovered an error related to integration with GNOME Shell.

- CVE-2018-18355 evil1m0 discovered a policy enforcement error.

- CVE-2018-18356 Tran Tien Hung discovered a use-after-free issue in the skia library.

- CVE-2018-18357 evil1m0 discovered a policy enforcement error.

- CVE-2018-18358 Jann Horn discovered a policy enforcement error.

- CVE-2018-18359 cyrilliu discovered an out-of-bounds read issue in the v8 JavaScript library.

Several additional security relevant issues are also fixed in this update that have not yet received CVE identifiers.

Solution

Upgrade the chromium-browser packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 71.0.3578.80-1~deb9u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 119509

File Name: debian_DSA-4352.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 12/10/2018

Updated: 6/9/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-18359

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chromium-browser, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/7/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/11/2018

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 6/22/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-17480, CVE-2018-17481, CVE-2018-18335, CVE-2018-18336, CVE-2018-18337, CVE-2018-18338, CVE-2018-18339, CVE-2018-18340, CVE-2018-18341, CVE-2018-18342, CVE-2018-18343, CVE-2018-18344, CVE-2018-18345, CVE-2018-18346, CVE-2018-18347, CVE-2018-18348, CVE-2018-18349, CVE-2018-18350, CVE-2018-18351, CVE-2018-18352, CVE-2018-18353, CVE-2018-18354, CVE-2018-18355, CVE-2018-18356, CVE-2018-18357, CVE-2018-18358, CVE-2018-18359

DSA: 4352

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