RHEL 6 : chromium-browser (RHSA-2020:2064)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 136478

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:2064 advisory.

- chromium-browser: Type Confusion in Blink (CVE-2020-6464)

- usrsctp: Buffer overflow in AUTH chunk input validation (CVE-2020-6831)

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 affected chromium-browser package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6464

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6831

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2064

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1831763

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1832488

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 136478

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-2064.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/11/2020

Updated: 1/23/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-6831

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:6.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:chromium-browser

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: 5/11/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/5/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-6464, CVE-2020-6831

CWE: 120, 843

IAVA: 2020-A-0185-S

RHSA: 2020:2064