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GLSA-202008-10 : Chromium, Google Chrome: Heap buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 139834

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202008-10 (Chromium, Google Chrome: Heap buffer overflow)

 A buffer overflow has been discovered in Chromium and Google Chrome’s SwiftShader component.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker, by enticing a user to visit a specially crafted website, could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Chromium users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-client/chromium-84.0.4147.135' All Google Chrome users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-client/google-chrome-84.0.4147.135'

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?32238bb2

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-10

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 139834

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202008-10.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Published: 8/26/2020

Updated: 2/23/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-6556

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:chromium, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:google-chrome, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/25/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/21/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-6556

GLSA: 202008-10

IAVA: 2020-A-0382-S