RHEL 6 : chromium-browser (RHSA-2020:3740)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 140587

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-2020:3740 advisory.

- chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in networking (CVE-2020-15959)

- chromium-browser: Use after free in video (CVE-2020-6573)

- chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in installer (CVE-2020-6574)

- chromium-browser: Race in Mojo (CVE-2020-6575)

- chromium-browser: Use after free in offscreen canvas (CVE-2020-6576)

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-2020-6573

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6574

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6575

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6576

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15959

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3740

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1877090

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1877091

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1877093

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1877094

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1877095

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 140587

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-3740.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/15/2020

Updated: 1/23/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-6576

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.6

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-6573

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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/14/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/8/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-15959, CVE-2020-6573, CVE-2020-6574, CVE-2020-6575, CVE-2020-6576

IAVA: 2020-A-0419-S

RHSA: 2020:3740