Debian DSA-5515-1 : chromium - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 182559

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 11 / 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5515 advisory.

- Type Confusion in V8. (CVE-2023-5346)

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

Solution

Upgrade the chromium packages.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 117.0.5938.149-1~deb12u1.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/chromium

https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5515

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-5346

https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/chromium

https://packages.debian.org/source/bookworm/chromium

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 182559

File Name: debian_DSA-5515.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/4/2023

Updated: 10/13/2023

Supported Sensors: 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: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-5346

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: 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, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/4/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/3/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-5346

IAVA: 2023-A-0524-S