Google Chrome < 72.0.3626.96 Vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 122245

Synopsis

A web browser installed on the remote macOS host is affected by a vulnerability

Description

The version of Google Chrome installed on the remote macOS host is prior to 72.0.3626.96. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as noted in Google Chrome stable channel update release notes for 2019/02/06. Please refer to the release notes for additional information. Note that Nessus has not attempted to exploit these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Google Chrome version 72.0.3626.96 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?861498a3

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 122245

File Name: macosx_google_chrome_72_0_3626_96.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 2/15/2019

Updated: 11/1/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-5784

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:google:chrome

Required KB Items: MacOSX/Google Chrome/Installed

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/6/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/6/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-5784