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

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

high 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: High

ID: 141260

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

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 10/7/2020

Updated: 7/21/2021

Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl, redhat_repos.nasl

Risk Information

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-15965

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux: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: 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-2020-15964, CVE-2020-15965, CVE-2020-15966

RHSA: 2020:4206

IAVA: 2020-A-0436-S