GLSA-201408-16 : Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 77460

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201408-16 (Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities)

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Chromium. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact :

A remote attacker could conduct a number of attacks which include: cross site scripting attacks, bypassing of sandbox protection, potential execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, or cause a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All chromium users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-client/chromium-37.0.2062.94'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201408-16

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 77460

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201408-16.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 8/30/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:chromium, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/30/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0538, CVE-2014-1700, CVE-2014-1701, CVE-2014-1702, CVE-2014-1703, CVE-2014-1704, CVE-2014-1705, CVE-2014-1713, CVE-2014-1714, CVE-2014-1715, CVE-2014-1716, CVE-2014-1717, CVE-2014-1718, CVE-2014-1719, CVE-2014-1720, CVE-2014-1721, CVE-2014-1722, CVE-2014-1723, CVE-2014-1724, CVE-2014-1725, CVE-2014-1726, CVE-2014-1727, CVE-2014-1728, CVE-2014-1729, CVE-2014-1730, CVE-2014-1731, CVE-2014-1732, CVE-2014-1733, CVE-2014-1734, CVE-2014-1735, CVE-2014-1740, CVE-2014-1741, CVE-2014-1742, CVE-2014-1743, CVE-2014-1744, CVE-2014-1745, CVE-2014-1746, CVE-2014-1747, CVE-2014-1748, CVE-2014-1749, CVE-2014-3154, CVE-2014-3155, CVE-2014-3156, CVE-2014-3157, CVE-2014-3160, CVE-2014-3162, CVE-2014-3165, CVE-2014-3166, CVE-2014-3167, CVE-2014-3168, CVE-2014-3169, CVE-2014-3170, CVE-2014-3171, CVE-2014-3172, CVE-2014-3173, CVE-2014-3174, CVE-2014-3175, CVE-2014-3176, CVE-2014-3177

BID: 66120, 66239, 66243, 66249, 66252, 66704, 67082, 67374, 67375, 67376, 67517, 67572, 67972, 67977, 67980, 67981, 68677, 69192, 69201, 69202, 69203, 69398, 69400, 69401, 69402, 69403, 69405, 69406, 69407

GLSA: 201408-16