RHEL 6 : chromium-browser (RHSA-2015:0816)

high Nessus Plugin ID 82846

Synopsis

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

Description

Updated chromium-browser packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

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

Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Chromium to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Chromium.(CVE-2015-1235, CVE-2015-1236, CVE-2015-1237, CVE-2015-1238, CVE-2015-1240, CVE-2015-1241, CVE-2015-1242, CVE-2015-1244, CVE-2015-1245, CVE-2015-1246, CVE-2015-1247, CVE-2015-1248, CVE-2015-1249)

All Chromium users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Chromium version 42.0.2311.90, which corrects these issues.
After installing the update, Chromium must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

Solution

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

See Also

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2015/04/

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0816

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-1248

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-1242

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-1240

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-1241

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-1246

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-1247

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-1244

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-1245

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-1238

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-1249

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-1237

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-1236

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-1235

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 82846

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2015-0816.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/17/2015

Updated: 2/5/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.6

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: 4/16/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/19/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-1235, CVE-2015-1236, CVE-2015-1237, CVE-2015-1238, CVE-2015-1240, CVE-2015-1241, CVE-2015-1242, CVE-2015-1244, CVE-2015-1245, CVE-2015-1246, CVE-2015-1247, CVE-2015-1248, CVE-2015-1249

BID: 74165, 74167

RHSA: 2015:0816