GLSA-201507-18 : Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 86087

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-201507-18 (Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities)

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

A remote attacker could bypass security restrictions.
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-43.0.2357.130'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-18

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 86087

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201507-18.nasl

Version: 2.2

Type: local

Published: 9/23/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

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: 7/10/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-1266, CVE-2015-1267, CVE-2015-1268, CVE-2015-1269

BID: 75332, 75333, 75334, 75336

GLSA: 201507-18