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Fedora 38 : chromium (2023-b098d00117)

high Nessus Plugin ID 175191

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 38 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-b098d00117 advisory.

 - Inappropriate implementation in Prompts in Google Chrome prior to 113.0.5672.63 allowed a remote attacker to bypass permission restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-2459)

 - Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 113.0.5672.63 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass file access checks via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-2460)

 - Use after free in OS Inputs in Google Chrome on ChromeOS prior to 113.0.5672.63 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to enage in specific UI interaction to potentially exploit heap corruption via crafted UI interaction. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-2461)

 - Inappropriate implementation in Prompts in Google Chrome prior to 113.0.5672.63 allowed a remote attacker to obfuscate main origin data via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-2462)

 - Inappropriate implementation in Full Screen Mode in Google Chrome on Android prior to 113.0.5672.63 allowed a remote attacker to hide the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-2463)

 - Inappropriate implementation in PictureInPicture in Google Chrome prior to 113.0.5672.63 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to perform an origin spoof in the security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-2464)

 - Inappropriate implementation in CORS in Google Chrome prior to 113.0.5672.63 allowed a remote attacker to leak cross-origin data via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-2465)

 - Inappropriate implementation in Prompts in Google Chrome prior to 113.0.5672.63 allowed a remote attacker to spoof the contents of the security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low) (CVE-2023-2466)

 - Inappropriate implementation in Prompts in Google Chrome on Android prior to 113.0.5672.63 allowed a remote attacker to bypass permissions restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity:
 Low) (CVE-2023-2467)

 - Inappropriate implementation in PictureInPicture in Google Chrome prior to 113.0.5672.63 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to obfuscate the security UI via a crafted HTML page.
 (Chromium security severity: Low) (CVE-2023-2468)

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 package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-b098d00117

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 175191

File Name: fedora_2023-b098d00117.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/7/2023

Updated: 5/14/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2023-2461

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:fedoraproject:fedora:38, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:chromium

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/5/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/2/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-2459, CVE-2023-2460, CVE-2023-2461, CVE-2023-2462, CVE-2023-2463, CVE-2023-2464, CVE-2023-2465, CVE-2023-2466, CVE-2023-2467, CVE-2023-2468