RHEL 6 : chromium-browser (RHSA-2019:3775)

high Nessus Plugin ID 130746

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-2019:3775 advisory.

- chromium-browser: use-after-free in audio (CVE-2019-13720)

- chromium-browser: use-after-free in PDFium (CVE-2019-13721)

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-2019:3775.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3775

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

http://www.nessus.org/u?69bff979

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1768578

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1768586

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 130746

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-3775.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/8/2019

Updated: 4/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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-2019-13721

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: 11/7/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/25/2019

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 6/13/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-13720, CVE-2019-13721

CWE: 416

RHSA: 2019:3775