FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (653a8059-7c49-11e6-9242-3065ec8fd3ec)

high Nessus Plugin ID 93581

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

Google Chrome Releases reports :

Several security fixes in this release, including :

- [641101] High CVE-2016-5170: Use after free in Blink.Credit to Anonymous

- [643357] High CVE-2016-5171: Use after free in Blink. Credit to Anonymous

- [616386] Medium CVE-2016-5172: Arbitrary Memory Read in v8. Credit to Choongwoo Han

- [468931] Medium CVE-2016-5173: Extension resource access. Credit to Anonymous

- [579934] Medium CVE-2016-5174: Popup not correctly suppressed.
Credit to Andrey Kovalev (@L1kvID) Yandex Security Team

- [646394] CVE-2016-5175: Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 93581

File Name: freebsd_pkg_653a80597c4911e692423065ec8fd3ec.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 9/19/2016

Updated: 1/23/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-5175

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:freebsd:freebsd:chromium, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:chromium-pulse, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:chromium-npapi

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/16/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/13/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5170, CVE-2016-5171, CVE-2016-5172, CVE-2016-5173, CVE-2016-5174, CVE-2016-5175

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