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

Medium Nessus Plugin ID 141260

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VPR Score: 6.5

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.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15960

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15961

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15962

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15963

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15964

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15965

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15966

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4206

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1881593

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1881595

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1881596

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1881597

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1881598

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1881599

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1881600

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 141260

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

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2020/10/07

Updated: 2020/11/19

Dependencies: 12634

Risk Information

Risk Factor: Medium

VPR Score: 6.5

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-15965

CVSS v2.0

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 v3.0

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: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_extras:6, 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: 2020/10/07

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2020/09/21

Reference Information

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

RHSA: 2020:4206