GLSA-201506-04 : Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 84332

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-201506-04 (Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities)

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

A remote attacker can cause arbitrary remote code execution, Denial of Service or bypass of security mechanisms.
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-43.0.2357.65'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201506-04

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 84332

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201506-04.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Published: 6/23/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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: 6/23/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-1233, CVE-2015-1234, CVE-2015-1235, CVE-2015-1236, CVE-2015-1237, CVE-2015-1238, CVE-2015-1240, CVE-2015-1241, CVE-2015-1242, CVE-2015-1243, CVE-2015-1244, CVE-2015-1245, CVE-2015-1246, CVE-2015-1247, CVE-2015-1248, CVE-2015-1250, CVE-2015-1251, CVE-2015-1252, CVE-2015-1253, CVE-2015-1254, CVE-2015-1255, CVE-2015-1256, CVE-2015-1257, CVE-2015-1258, CVE-2015-1259, CVE-2015-1260, CVE-2015-1262, CVE-2015-1263, CVE-2015-1264, CVE-2015-1265

BID: 73484, 73486, 74165, 74389, 74723, 74727

GLSA: 201506-04