The version of Google Chrome installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 53.0.2785.89. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the 2016_08_stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31 advisory.

  - Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.89 on Windows and OS X and before     53.0.2785.92 on Linux allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other impact via     unknown vectors. (CVE-2016-5167)

  - Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.89 on Windows and OS X and before 53.0.2785.92 on Linux,     mishandles deferred page loads, which allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a     crafted web site, aka Universal XSS (UXSS). (CVE-2016-5147)

  - Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.89 on Windows     and OS X and before 53.0.2785.92 on Linux, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML     via vectors related to widget updates, aka Universal XSS (UXSS). (CVE-2016-5148)

  - The extensions subsystem in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.89 on Windows and OS X and before 53.0.2785.92     on Linux relies on an IFRAME source URL to identify an associated extension, which allows remote attackers     to conduct extension-bindings injection attacks by leveraging script access to a resource that initially     has the about:blank URL. (CVE-2016-5149)

  - WebKit/Source/bindings/modules/v8/V8BindingForModules.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before     53.0.2785.89 on Windows and OS X and before 53.0.2785.92 on Linux, has an Indexed Database (aka IndexedDB)     API implementation that does not properly restrict key-path evaluation, which allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted     JavaScript code that leverages certain side effects. (CVE-2016-5150)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Chromium was updated to 53.0.2785.89 to fix a number of security issues.

The following vulnerabilities were fixed: (boo#996648)

  - CVE-2016-5147: Universal XSS in Blink.

  - CVE-2016-5148: Universal XSS in Blink.

  - CVE-2016-5149: Script injection in extensions.

  - CVE-2016-5150: Use after free in Blink.

  - CVE-2016-5151: Use after free in PDFium.

  - CVE-2016-5152: Heap overflow in PDFium.

  - CVE-2016-5153: Use after destruction in Blink.

  - CVE-2016-5154: Heap overflow in PDFium.

  - CVE-2016-5155: Address bar spoofing.

  - CVE-2016-5156: Use after free in event bindings.

  - CVE-2016-5157: Heap overflow in PDFium.

  - CVE-2016-5158: Heap overflow in PDFium.

  - CVE-2016-5159: Heap overflow in PDFium.

  - CVE-2016-5161: Type confusion in Blink.

  - CVE-2016-5162: Extensions web accessible resources     bypass.

  - CVE-2016-5163: Address bar spoofing.

  - CVE-2016-5164: Universal XSS using DevTools.

  - CVE-2016-5165: Script injection in DevTools.

  - CVE-2016-5166: SMB Relay Attack via Save Page As.

  - CVE-2016-5160: Extensions web accessible resources     bypass.

A number of tracked build system fixes are included. (boo#996032, boo#99606, boo#995932)

Google Chrome Releases reports :

33 security fixes in this release

Please reference CVE/URL list for details

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201610-09 (Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities)

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

    A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the       privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, obtain       sensitive information, or bypass security restrictions.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

Stable update to 53.0.2785.101.

Security fix for 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-2016-5161, CVE-2016-5162, CVE-2016-5163, CVE-2016-5164, CVE-2016-5165, CVE-2016-5166, CVE-2016-5160, CVE-2016-5167

Also applies fix for chrome-remote-desktop where HOME env variable was not properly set via systemd service.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
93315	Google Chrome < 53.0.2785.89 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	9/2/2016	11/24/2025	high
93394	openSUSE Security Update : Chromium (openSUSE-2016-2250)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	9/9/2016	1/27/2026	high
93495	FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (769ba449-79e1-11e6-bf75-3065ec8fd3ec)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	9/15/2016	1/23/2026	high
94420	GLSA-201610-09 : Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	10/31/2016	1/20/2026	critical
94877	Fedora 25 : chromium (2016-eec838a3a0)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	11/15/2016	1/19/2026	high

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