Debian DSA-5125-1 : chromium - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 160294

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5125 advisory.

- Use after free in File Manager in Google Chrome prior to 101.0.4951.41 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via specific and direct user interaction. (CVE-2022-1496)

- Use after free in Vulkan in Google Chrome prior to 101.0.4951.41 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2022-1477)

- Use after free in SwiftShader in Google Chrome prior to 101.0.4951.41 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2022-1478)

- Use after free in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 101.0.4951.41 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2022-1479)

- Use after free in Sharing in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 101.0.4951.41 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific user interaction to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2022-1481)

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

Solution

Upgrade the chromium packages.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 101.0.4951.41-1~deb11u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 160294

File Name: debian_DSA-5125.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 4/28/2022

Updated: 3/23/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-1496

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chromium, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chromium-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chromium-driver, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chromium-l10n, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chromium-sandbox, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chromium-shell, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/27/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/26/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-1477, CVE-2022-1478, CVE-2022-1479, CVE-2022-1481, CVE-2022-1482, CVE-2022-1483, CVE-2022-1484, CVE-2022-1485, CVE-2022-1486, CVE-2022-1487, CVE-2022-1488, CVE-2022-1489, CVE-2022-1490, CVE-2022-1491, CVE-2022-1492, CVE-2022-1493, CVE-2022-1494, CVE-2022-1495, CVE-2022-1496, CVE-2022-1497, CVE-2022-1498, CVE-2022-1499, CVE-2022-1500, CVE-2022-1501

IAVA: 2022-A-0183-S

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