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Fedora 39 : chromium (2023-c890266d3f)

high Nessus Plugin ID 185168

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 39 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-c890266d3f advisory.

 - Heap buffer overflow in libwebp in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.187 and libwebp 1.3.2 allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory write via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical) (CVE-2023-4863)

 - Inappropriate implementation in Custom Tabs in Google Chrome on Android prior to 117.0.5938.62 allowed a remote attacker to obfuscate a permission prompt via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity:
 Medium) (CVE-2023-4900)

 - Inappropriate implementation in Prompts in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.62 allowed a remote attacker to potentially spoof security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-4901)

 - Inappropriate implementation in Input in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.62 allowed a remote attacker to spoof security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-4902)

 - Inappropriate implementation in Custom Mobile Tabs in Google Chrome on Android prior to 117.0.5938.62 allowed a remote attacker to spoof security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity:
 Medium) (CVE-2023-4903)

 - Insufficient policy enforcement in Downloads in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.62 allowed a remote attacker to bypass Enterprise policy restrictions via a crafted download. (Chromium security severity:
 Medium) (CVE-2023-4904)

 - Inappropriate implementation in Prompts in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.62 allowed a remote attacker to spoof security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-4905)

 - Insufficient policy enforcement in Autofill in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.62 allowed a remote attacker to bypass Autofill restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low) (CVE-2023-4906)

 - Inappropriate implementation in Intents in Google Chrome on Android prior to 117.0.5938.62 allowed a remote attacker to obfuscate security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low) (CVE-2023-4907)

 - Inappropriate implementation in Picture in Picture in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.62 allowed a remote attacker to spoof security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low) (CVE-2023-4908)

 - Inappropriate implementation in Interstitials in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.62 allowed a remote attacker to obfuscate security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low) (CVE-2023-4909)

 - Rejected reason: This CVE ID has been rejected or withdrawn by its CVE Numbering Authority. Duplicate of CVE-2023-4863. (CVE-2023-5129)

 - Use after free in Passwords in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.132 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI interaction to potentially exploit heap corruption via crafted UI interaction. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-5186)

 - Use after free in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.132 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
 (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-5187)

 - Heap buffer overflow in vp8 encoding in libvpx in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.132 and libvpx 1.13.1 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-5217)

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-c890266d3f

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 185168

File Name: fedora_2023-c890266d3f.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/7/2023

Updated: 4/30/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-5217

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.4

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:39, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:chromium

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/30/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/12/2023

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 10/4/2023, 10/23/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-4863, CVE-2023-4900, CVE-2023-4901, CVE-2023-4902, CVE-2023-4903, CVE-2023-4904, CVE-2023-4905, CVE-2023-4906, CVE-2023-4907, CVE-2023-4908, CVE-2023-4909, CVE-2023-5129, CVE-2023-5186, CVE-2023-5187, CVE-2023-5217