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Debian dsa-5955 : chromium - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 241161

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5955 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5955-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Andres Salomon July 02, 2025 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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 Package : chromium CVE ID : CVE-2025-6554

 Security issues were discovered in Chromium which could result in the execution of arbitrary code, denial of service, or information disclosure. Google is aware that an exploit for CVE-2025-6554 exists in the wild.

 For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 138.0.7204.92-1~deb12u1.

 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 this issue 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-2025-6554

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 241161

File Name: debian_DSA-5955.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/2/2025

Updated: 7/4/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-6554

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: 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, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chromium-driver

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/2/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/30/2025

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 7/23/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-6554

IAVA: 2025-A-0466