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RHEL 6 : chromium-browser (RHSA-2020:4206)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 141260

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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-2020:4206 advisory.

- chromium-browser: Out of bounds read in storage (CVE-2020-15960)

- chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions (CVE-2020-15961, CVE-2020-15963, CVE-2020-15966)

- chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in serial (CVE-2020-15962)

- chromium-browser: Insufficient data validation in media (CVE-2020-15964)

- chromium-browser: Out of bounds write in V8 (CVE-2020-15965)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected chromium-browser package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 141260

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-4206.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 10/7/2020

Updated: 5/12/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-15965

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-2020-15963

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:o:redhat:rhel_eus:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3: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: 10/7/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/21/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-15960, CVE-2020-15961, CVE-2020-15962, CVE-2020-15963, CVE-2020-15965, CVE-2020-15966, CVE-2020-15964

RHSA: 2020:4206

IAVA: 2020-A-0436-S