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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Chromium vulnerabilities (USN-6021-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 174331

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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-6021-1 advisory.

 - Use after free in Passwords in Google Chrome prior to 111.0.5563.110 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-1528)

 - Use after free in PDF in Google Chrome prior to 111.0.5563.110 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-1530)

 - Use after free in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 111.0.5563.110 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-1531)

 - Use after free in WebProtect in Google Chrome prior to 111.0.5563.110 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-1533)

 - Use after free in Frames in Google Chrome prior to 112.0.5615.49 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI interaction to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
 (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-1811)

 - Use after free in Networking APIs in Google Chrome prior to 112.0.5615.49 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI interaction to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-1815)

 - Use after free in Vulkan in Google Chrome prior to 112.0.5615.49 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-1818)

 - Out of bounds memory access in WebHID in Google Chrome prior to 111.0.5563.110 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a malicious HID device. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-1529)

 - Out of bounds read in GPU Video in Google Chrome prior to 111.0.5563.110 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-1532)

 - Out of bounds read in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 111.0.5563.110 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-1534)

 - Heap buffer overflow in Visuals in Google Chrome prior to 112.0.5615.49 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-1810)

 - Out of bounds memory access in DOM Bindings in Google Chrome prior to 112.0.5615.49 allowed a remote attacker to perform out of bounds memory access via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity:
 Medium) (CVE-2023-1812)

 - Out of bounds read in Accessibility in Google Chrome prior to 112.0.5615.49 allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-1819)

 - Heap buffer overflow in Browser History in Google Chrome prior to 112.0.5615.49 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI interaction to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-1820)

 - Inappropriate implementation in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 112.0.5615.49 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass file access restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-1813)

 - Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Safe Browsing in Google Chrome prior to 112.0.5615.49 allowed a remote attacker to bypass download checking via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-1814)

 - Incorrect security UI in Picture In Picture in Google Chrome prior to 112.0.5615.49 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform navigation spoofing via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity:
 Medium) (CVE-2023-1816)

 - Inappropriate implementation in WebShare in Google Chrome prior to 112.0.5615.49 allowed a remote attacker to potentially hide the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low) (CVE-2023-1821)

 - Incorrect security UI in Navigation in Google Chrome prior to 112.0.5615.49 allowed a remote attacker to perform domain spoofing via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low) (CVE-2023-1822)

 - Inappropriate implementation in FedCM in Google Chrome prior to 112.0.5615.49 allowed a remote attacker to bypass navigation restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low) (CVE-2023-1823)

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-6021-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 174331

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6021-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/14/2023

Updated: 10/23/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2023-1820

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-1529

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/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/14/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/21/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-1528, CVE-2023-1529, CVE-2023-1530, CVE-2023-1531, CVE-2023-1532, CVE-2023-1533, CVE-2023-1534, CVE-2023-1810, CVE-2023-1811, CVE-2023-1812, CVE-2023-1813, CVE-2023-1814, CVE-2023-1815, CVE-2023-1816, CVE-2023-1818, CVE-2023-1819, CVE-2023-1820, CVE-2023-1821, CVE-2023-1822, CVE-2023-1823

USN: 6021-1