RHEL 6 : chromium-browser (RHSA-2018:3803)

high Nessus Plugin ID 119568

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for chromium-browser.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:3803 advisory.

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

This update upgrades Chromium to version 71.0.3578.80.

Security Fix(es):

* chromium-browser: Out of bounds write in V8 (CVE-2018-17480)

* chromium-browser: Use after frees in PDFium (CVE-2018-17481)

* chromium-browser: Heap buffer overflow in Skia (CVE-2018-18335)

* chromium-browser: Use after free in PDFium (CVE-2018-18336)

* chromium-browser: Use after free in Blink (CVE-2018-18337)

* chromium-browser: Heap buffer overflow in Canvas (CVE-2018-18338)

* chromium-browser: Use after free in WebAudio (CVE-2018-18339)

* chromium-browser: Use after free in MediaRecorder (CVE-2018-18340)

* chromium-browser: Heap buffer overflow in Blink (CVE-2018-18341)

* chromium-browser: Out of bounds write in V8 (CVE-2018-18342)

* chromium-browser: Use after free in Skia (CVE-2018-18343)

* chromium-browser: Inappropriate implementation in Extensions (CVE-2018-18344)

* chromium-browser: Inappropriate implementation in Site Isolation (CVE-2018-18345)

* chromium-browser: Incorrect security UI in Blink (CVE-2018-18346)

* chromium-browser: Inappropriate implementation in Navigation (CVE-2018-18347)

* chromium-browser: Inappropriate implementation in Omnibox (CVE-2018-18348)

* chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in Blink (CVE-2018-18349)

* chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in Blink (CVE-2018-18350)

* chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in Navigation (CVE-2018-18351)

* chromium-browser: Inappropriate implementation in Media (CVE-2018-18352)

* chromium-browser: Inappropriate implementation in Network Authentication (CVE-2018-18353)

* chromium-browser: Insufficient data validation in Shell Integration (CVE-2018-18354)

* chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in URL Formatter (CVE-2018-18355)

* chromium-browser: Use after free in Skia (CVE-2018-18356)

* chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in URL Formatter (CVE-2018-18357)

* chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in Proxy (CVE-2018-18358)

* chromium-browser: Out of bounds read in V8 (CVE-2018-18359)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL chromium-browser package based on the guidance in RHSA-2018:3803.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 119568

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-3803.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 12/11/2018

Updated: 11/5/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

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:redhat:enterprise_linux:chromium-browser, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/10/2018

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

CWE: 416

RHSA: 2018:3803

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