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HistoryNov 09, 2023 - 12:00 a.m.

Debian DSA-5551-1 : chromium - security update

2023-11-0900:00:00
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debian
chromium
security update
cve-2023-5996
webaudio
google chrome
heap corruption

CVSS3

8.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

61.0%

The remote Debian 11 / 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5551 advisory.

  • Use after free in WebAudio in Google Chrome prior to 119.0.6045.123 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-5996)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
#
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory dsa-5551. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(185420);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/11/16");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-5996");
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2023-A-0608-S");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-5551-1 : chromium - security update");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Debian 11 / 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5551
advisory.

  - Use after free in WebAudio in Google Chrome prior to 119.0.6045.123 allowed a remote attacker to
    potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
    (CVE-2023-5996)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1033136");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/chromium");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5551");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-5996");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/chromium");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/bookworm/chromium");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade the chromium packages.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 119.0.6045.123-1~deb12u1.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-5996");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/11/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/11/09");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/11/09");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chromium");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chromium-common");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chromium-driver");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chromium-l10n");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chromium-sandbox");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chromium-shell");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}

include('debian_package.inc');

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var debian_release = get_kb_item('Host/Debian/release');
if ( isnull(debian_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Debian');
debian_release = chomp(debian_release);
if (! preg(pattern:"^(11)\.[0-9]+|^(12)\.[0-9]+", string:debian_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Debian 11.0 / 12.0', 'Debian ' + debian_release);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Debian', cpu);

var pkgs = [
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'chromium', 'reference': '119.0.6045.123-1~deb11u1'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'chromium-common', 'reference': '119.0.6045.123-1~deb11u1'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'chromium-driver', 'reference': '119.0.6045.123-1~deb11u1'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'chromium-l10n', 'reference': '119.0.6045.123-1~deb11u1'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'chromium-sandbox', 'reference': '119.0.6045.123-1~deb11u1'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'chromium-shell', 'reference': '119.0.6045.123-1~deb11u1'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'chromium', 'reference': '119.0.6045.123-1~deb12u1'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'chromium-common', 'reference': '119.0.6045.123-1~deb12u1'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'chromium-driver', 'reference': '119.0.6045.123-1~deb12u1'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'chromium-l10n', 'reference': '119.0.6045.123-1~deb12u1'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'chromium-sandbox', 'reference': '119.0.6045.123-1~deb12u1'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'chromium-shell', 'reference': '119.0.6045.123-1~deb12u1'}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var _release = NULL;
  var prefix = NULL;
  var reference = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['prefix'])) prefix = package_array['prefix'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
  if (_release && prefix && reference) {
    if (deb_check(release:_release, prefix:prefix, reference:reference)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    extra      : deb_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = deb_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'chromium / chromium-common / chromium-driver / chromium-l10n / etc');
}

CVSS3

8.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

61.0%