Fedora 29 : chromium (2019-8508d74523)

high Nessus Plugin ID 131043

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Update chromium to 78.0.3904.87. Fixes CVE-2019-13720 and CVE-2019-13721

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Chromium 78.

Fixes these: CVE-2019-5870 CVE-2019-5871 CVE-2019-5872 CVE-2019-5874 CVE-2019-5875 CVE-2019-13691 CVE-2019-13692 CVE-2019-5876 CVE-2019-5877 CVE-2019-5878 CVE-2019-5879 CVE-2019-5880 CVE-2019-5881 CVE-2019-13659 CVE-2019-13660 CVE-2019-13661 CVE-2019-13662 CVE-2019-13663 CVE-2019-13664 CVE-2019-13665 CVE-2019-13666 CVE-2019-13667 CVE-2019-13668 CVE-2019-13669 CVE-2019-13670 CVE-2019-13671 CVE-2019-13673 CVE-2019-13674 CVE-2019-13675 CVE-2019-13676 CVE-2019-13677 CVE-2019-13678 CVE-2019-13679 CVE-2019-13680 CVE-2019-13681 CVE-2019-13682 CVE-2019-13683

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Solution

Update the affected chromium package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-8508d74523

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 131043

File Name: fedora_2019-8508d74523.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/15/2019

Updated: 12/12/2019

Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl

Risk Information

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-5878

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:chromium, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:29

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/15/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/25/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-13659, CVE-2019-13660, CVE-2019-13661, CVE-2019-13662, CVE-2019-13663, CVE-2019-13664, CVE-2019-13665, CVE-2019-13666, CVE-2019-13667, CVE-2019-13668, CVE-2019-13669, CVE-2019-13670, CVE-2019-13671, CVE-2019-13673, CVE-2019-13674, CVE-2019-13675, CVE-2019-13676, CVE-2019-13677, CVE-2019-13678, CVE-2019-13679, CVE-2019-13680, CVE-2019-13681, CVE-2019-13682, CVE-2019-13683, CVE-2019-13691, CVE-2019-13692, CVE-2019-13720, CVE-2019-13721, CVE-2019-5870, CVE-2019-5871, CVE-2019-5872, CVE-2019-5874, CVE-2019-5875, CVE-2019-5876, CVE-2019-5877, CVE-2019-5878, CVE-2019-5879, CVE-2019-5880, CVE-2019-5881