FreeBSD : electron29 -- multiple vulnerabilities (059a99a9-45e0-492b-b9f9-5a79573c8eb6)

high Nessus Plugin ID 195179

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the 059a99a9-45e0-492b-b9f9-5a79573c8eb6 advisory.

- Type confusion in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 124.0.6367.78 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical) (CVE-2024-4058)

- Use after free in Dawn in Google Chrome prior to 124.0.6367.78 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2024-4060)

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 195179

File Name: freebsd_pkg_059a99a945e0492bb9f95a79573c8eb6.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 5/8/2024

Updated: 5/8/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-4060

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:freebsd:freebsd:electron29, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/8/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/24/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-4058, CVE-2024-4060

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