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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Chromium vulnerabilities (USN-5881-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 171733

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5881-1 advisory.

 - Use after free in WebTransport in Google Chrome prior to 109.0.5414.119 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-0471)

 - Use after free in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 109.0.5414.119 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-0472)

 - Type Confusion in ServiceWorker API in Google Chrome prior to 109.0.5414.119 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-0473)

 - Use after free in GuestView in Google Chrome prior to 109.0.5414.119 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a Chrome web app.
 (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-0474)

 - Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 110.0.5481.77 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-0696)

 - Out of bounds read in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 110.0.5481.77 allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-0698)

 - Use after free in GPU in Google Chrome prior to 110.0.5481.77 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page and browser shutdown. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-0699)

 - Inappropriate implementation in Download in Google Chrome prior to 110.0.5481.77 allowed a remote attacker to potentially spoof the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-0700)

 - Heap buffer overflow in WebUI in Google Chrome prior to 110.0.5481.77 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI interactions to potentially exploit heap corruption via UI interaction . (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-0701)

 - Type confusion in Data Transfer in Google Chrome prior to 110.0.5481.77 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI interactions to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-0702)

 - Type confusion in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 110.0.5481.77 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI interactions to potentially exploit heap corruption via UI interactions.
 (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-0703)

 - Insufficient policy enforcement in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 110.0.5481.77 allowed a remote attacker to bypass same origin policy and proxy settings via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low) (CVE-2023-0704)

 - Integer overflow in Core in Google Chrome prior to 110.0.5481.77 allowed a remote attacker who had one a race condition to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low) (CVE-2023-0705)

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 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5881-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 171733

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5881-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/21/2023

Updated: 10/23/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-0703

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: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:chromium-browser, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:chromium-browser-l10n, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:chromium-chromedriver, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:chromium-codecs-ffmpeg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/21/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/24/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-0471, CVE-2023-0472, CVE-2023-0473, CVE-2023-0474, CVE-2023-0696, CVE-2023-0698, CVE-2023-0699, CVE-2023-0700, CVE-2023-0701, CVE-2023-0702, CVE-2023-0703, CVE-2023-0704, CVE-2023-0705

USN: 5881-1