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openSUSE 16 Security Update : chromium (openSUSE-SU-2025:20161-1)

🗓️ 15 Dec 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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OpenSUSE chromium security update fixes three issues including password manager use after free and toolbar flaw.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The package checks in this plugin were extracted from
# openSUSE Security Update openSUSE-SU-2025-20161-1. The text itself
# is copyright (C) SUSE.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(278644);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/12/16");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2025-14372", "CVE-2025-14373");

  script_name(english:"openSUSE 16 Security Update : chromium (openSUSE-SU-2025:20161-1)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote openSUSE host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the
openSUSE-SU-2025:20161-1 advisory.

    - Chromium 143.0.7499.109 (boo#1254776):
      * CVE-2025-14372: Use after free in Password Manager
      * CVE-2025-14373: Inappropriate implementation in Toolbar
      * third issue with an exploit is known to exist in the wild

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1254776");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-14372");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-14373");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected chromedriver and / or chromium packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N");
  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:C/C:L/I:L/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2025-14372");

  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:"2025/12/10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2025/12/12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/12/15");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:chromedriver");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:chromium");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

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

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include('rpm.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/SuSE/release');
if (isnull(os_release) || os_release =~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'openSUSE');
var _os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^SUSE([\d.]+)", string:os_release);
if (isnull(_os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'openSUSE');
_os_ver = _os_ver[1];
if (os_release !~ "^(SUSE16\.0)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, 'openSUSE', '16.0', os_release);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'openSUSE ' + _os_ver, cpu);

var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'chromedriver-143.0.7499.40-bp160.1.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'SUSE16.0', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'chromedriver-143.0.7499.40-bp160.1.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SUSE16.0', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'chromium-143.0.7499.40-bp160.1.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'SUSE16.0', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'chromium-143.0.7499.40-bp160.1.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SUSE16.0', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
];

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

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'chromedriver / chromium');
}

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16 Dec 2025 00:00Current
6Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6
CVSS 3.16.1
EPSS0.00268
SSVC
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