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Debian dsa-5914 : chromium - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 235456

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5914 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5914-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Andres Salomon May 01, 2025 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Package : chromium CVE ID : CVE-2025-4050 CVE-2025-4051 CVE-2025-4052 CVE-2025-4096

 Security issues were discovered in Chromium which could result in the execution of arbitrary code, denial of service, or information disclosure.

 For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 136.0.7103.59-2~deb12u2.

 We recommend that you upgrade your chromium packages.

 For the detailed security status of chromium please refer to its security tracker page at:
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/chromium

 Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

 Mailing list: [email protected]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

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

Solution

Upgrade the chromium packages.

See Also

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

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-4050

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-4051

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-4052

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-4096

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 235456

File Name: debian_DSA-5914.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/7/2025

Updated: 5/7/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-4050

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chromium-driver, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chromium-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chromium-l10n, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chromium-shell, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chromium, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chromium-headless-shell, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chromium-sandbox

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/1/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/29/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-4050, CVE-2025-4051, CVE-2025-4052, CVE-2025-4096