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Google Chrome < 17.0.963.46 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 57876

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Synopsis

The remote host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Google Chrome installed on the remote host is earlier than 17.0.963.46 and is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities:

 - Clipboard monitoring after a paste action is possible.
 (CVE-2011-3953)

 - Application crashes are possible with excessive database usage, killing an 'IndexDB' transaction, signature checks and processing unusual certificates.
 (CVE-2011-3954, CVE-2011-3955, CVE-2011-3965, CVE-2011-3967)

 - Sandboxed origins are not handled properly inside extensions. (CVE-2011-3956)

 - Use-after-free errors exist related to PDF garbage collection, stylesheet error handling, CSS handling, SVG layout and 'mousemove' event handling.
 (CVE-2011-3957, CVE-2011-3966, CVE-2011-3968, CVE-2011-3969, CVE-2011-3971)

 - An error exists related to bad casting and column spans. (CVE-2011-3958)

 - A buffer overflow exists related to locale handing.
 (CVE-2011-3959)

 - Out-of-bounds read errors exist related to audio decoding, path clipping, PDF fax imaging, 'libxslt', and the shader translator. (CVE-2011-3960, CVE-2011-3962, CVE-2011-3963, CVE-2011-3970, CVE-2011-3972)

 - A race condition exists after a utility process crashes. (CVE-2011-3961)

 - An unspecified error exists related to the URL bar after drag and drop operations. (CVE-2011-3964)

Solution

Upgrade to Google Chrome 17.0.963.46 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?6c47bbda

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 57876

File Name: google_chrome_17_0_963_46.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: Local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 2/9/2012

Updated: 5/19/2026

Configuration: Enable thorough checks (optional)

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-3953

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-3953

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:google:chrome

Required KB Items: SMB/Google_Chrome/Installed

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/8/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/8/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3953, CVE-2011-3954, CVE-2011-3955, CVE-2011-3956, CVE-2011-3957, CVE-2011-3958, CVE-2011-3959, CVE-2011-3960, CVE-2011-3961, CVE-2011-3962, CVE-2011-3963, CVE-2011-3964, CVE-2011-3965, CVE-2011-3966, CVE-2011-3967, CVE-2011-3968, CVE-2011-3969, CVE-2011-3970, CVE-2011-3971, CVE-2011-3972

BID: 51911