RHEL 6 : chromium-browser (RHSA-2016:1854)

high Nessus Plugin ID 93452

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

An update for chromium-browser is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Chromium is an open source web browser, powered by WebKit (Blink).

This update upgrades Chromium to version 53.0.2785.89.

Security Fix(es) :

* Multiple flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Chromium to crash, execute arbitrary code, or disclose sensitive information when visited by the victim. (CVE-2016-5147, CVE-2016-5148, CVE-2016-5149, CVE-2016-5150, CVE-2016-5151, CVE-2016-5152, CVE-2016-5153, CVE-2016-5154, CVE-2016-5155, CVE-2016-5156, CVE-2016-5157, CVE-2016-5158, CVE-2016-5159, CVE-2016-5167, CVE-2016-5161, CVE-2016-5162, CVE-2016-5163, CVE-2016-5164, CVE-2016-5165, CVE-2016-5166, CVE-2016-5160)

Solution

Update the affected chromium-browser and / or chromium-browser-debuginfo packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1854

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5147

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5148

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5149

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5150

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5151

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5152

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5153

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5154

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5155

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5156

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5157

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5158

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5159

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5160

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5161

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5162

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5163

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5164

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5165

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5166

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5167

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 93452

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2016-1854.nasl

Version: 2.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/13/2016

Updated: 5/29/2020

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:chromium-browser, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:chromium-browser-debuginfo, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/12/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/11/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5147, CVE-2016-5148, CVE-2016-5149, CVE-2016-5150, CVE-2016-5151, CVE-2016-5152, CVE-2016-5153, CVE-2016-5154, CVE-2016-5155, CVE-2016-5156, CVE-2016-5157, CVE-2016-5158, CVE-2016-5159, CVE-2016-5160, CVE-2016-5161, CVE-2016-5162, CVE-2016-5163, CVE-2016-5164, CVE-2016-5165, CVE-2016-5166, CVE-2016-5167

RHSA: 2016:1854