RHEL 6 : chromium-browser (RHSA-2020:4974)

high Nessus Plugin ID 142643

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-2020:4974 advisory.

- chromium-browser: Use after free in user interface (CVE-2020-16004)

- chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in ANGLE (CVE-2020-16005)

- chromium-browser: Inappropriate implementation in V8 (CVE-2020-16006, CVE-2020-16009)

- chromium-browser: Stack buffer overflow in WebRTC (CVE-2020-16008)

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://bugzilla.redhat.com/1894199

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1894201

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1894202

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16004

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16005

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16006

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16008

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16009

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4974

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1894197

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1894198

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 142643

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-4974.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/9/2020

Updated: 4/25/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-16009

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.2

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/9/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/22/2020

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 5/3/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-16004, CVE-2020-16005, CVE-2020-16006, CVE-2020-16008, CVE-2020-16009

IAVA: 2020-A-0486-S

RHSA: 2020:4974