Google Chrome < 37.0.2062.94 Multiple Vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 8359

Synopsis

The remote host is running an outdated web browser that may contain multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Google Chrome installed on the remote host is a version prior to 37.0.2062.94 and is thus missing fixes for the following vulnerabilities:

- A critical group of bugs in V8, IPC, sync, and extensions that can lead to a sandbox escape and remote code execution (CVE-2014-3176, CVE-2014-3177)

- Use-after-free vulnerabilities in various browser components (CVE-2014-3168, CVE-2014-3169, CVE-2014-3171)

- Potential information disclosure due to uninitialized memory access (CVE-2014-3173, CVE-2014-3174)

- Undisclosed vulnerabilities within browser extensions related to debugging and permission dialog spoofing (CVE-2014-3170, CVE-2014-3172)

Other vulnerabilities have been fixed that were not disclosed by the vendor.

Solution

Update the Chrome browser to 37.0.2062.94 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 8359

Family: Web Clients

Published: 8/26/2014

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:google:chrome

Patch Publication Date: 8/26/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/26/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3168

BID: 69398

Detections

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