Debian DSA-4330-1 : chromium-browser - security update - Nessus

High Plugin ID: 118719

This page contains detailed information about the Debian DSA-4330-1 : chromium-browser - security update Nessus plugin including available exploits and PoCs found on GitHub, in Metasploit or Exploit-DB for verifying of this vulnerability.

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Plugin Overview
Vulnerability Information

Synopsis
Description
Solution

Public Exploits
Risk Information
Plugin Source
How to Run
References
Version

Plugin Overview

ID: 118719
Name: Debian DSA-4330-1 : chromium-browser - security update
Filename: debian_DSA-4330.nasl
Vulnerability Published: 2018-11-14
This Plugin Published: 2018-11-05
Last Modification Time: 2021-04-29
Plugin Version: 1.7
Plugin Type: local
Plugin Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl
Required KB Items [?]: Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Debian/release, Host/local_checks_enabled

Vulnerability Information

Severity: High
Vulnerability Published: 2018-11-14
Patch Published: 2018-11-02
CVE [?]: CVE-2018-5179, CVE-2018-17462, CVE-2018-17463, CVE-2018-17464, CVE-2018-17465, CVE-2018-17466, CVE-2018-17467, CVE-2018-17468, CVE-2018-17469, CVE-2018-17470, CVE-2018-17471, CVE-2018-17473, CVE-2018-17474, CVE-2018-17475, CVE-2018-17476, CVE-2018-17477
CPE [?]: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chromium-browser

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the chromium web browser.

- CVE-2018-5179 Yannic Boneberger discovered an error in the ServiceWorker implementation.

- CVE-2018-17462 Ned Williamson and Niklas Baumstark discovered a way to escape the sandbox.

- CVE-2018-17463 Ned Williamson and Niklas Baumstark discovered a remote code execution issue in the v8 JavaScript library.

- CVE-2018-17464 xisigr discovered a URL spoofing issue.

- CVE-2018-17465 Lin Zuojian discovered a use-after-free issue in the v8 JavaScript library.

- CVE-2018-17466 Omair discovered a memory corruption issue in the angle library.

- CVE-2018-17467 Khalil Zhani discovered a URL spoofing issue.

- CVE-2018-17468 Jams Lee discovered an information disclosure issue.

- CVE-2018-17469 Zhen Zhou discovered a buffer overflow issue in the pdfium library.

- CVE-2018-17470 Zhe Jin discovered a memory corruption issue in the GPU backend implementation.

- CVE-2018-17471 Lnyas Zhang discovered an issue with the full screen user interface.

- CVE-2018-17473 Khalil Zhani discovered a URL spoofing issue.

- CVE-2018-17474 Zhe Jin discovered a use-after-free issue.

- CVE-2018-17475 Vladimir Metnew discovered a URL spoofing issue.

- CVE-2018-17476 Khalil Zhani discovered an issue with the full screen user interface.

- CVE-2018-17477 Aaron Muir Hamilton discovered a user interface spoofing issue in the extensions pane.

This update also fixes a buffer overflow in the embedded lcms library included with chromium.

Solution

Upgrade the chromium-browser packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 70.0.3538.67-1~deb9u1.

Public Exploits

Target Network Port(s): N/A
Target Asset(s): N/A
Exploit Available: True (Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB, GitHub)
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Here's the list of publicly known exploits and PoCs for verifying the Debian DSA-4330-1 : chromium-browser - security update vulnerability:

Metasploit: exploit/multi/browser/chrome_object_create
[Google Chrome 67, 68 and 69 Object.create exploit]
Exploit-DB: exploits/multiple/remote/48184.rb
[EDB-48184: Google Chrome 67_ 68 and 69 - Object.create Type Confusion (Metasploit)]
GitHub: https://github.com/allpaca/chrome-sbx-db
[CVE-2018-17462]
GitHub: https://github.com/m00zh33/sploits
[CVE-2018-17462]
GitHub: https://github.com/niklasb/sploits
[CVE-2018-17462]
GitHub: https://github.com/changelog2020/JSEChalls
[CVE-2018-17463]
GitHub: https://github.com/kdmarti2/CVE-2018-17463
[CVE-2018-17463: Completed a working exploit for CVE-2018-17463 for fun.]
GitHub: https://github.com/tunz/js-vuln-db
[CVE-2018-17463]

Before running any exploit against any system, make sure you are authorized by the owner of the target system(s) to perform such activity. In any other case, this would be considered as an illegal activity.

WARNING: Beware of using unverified exploits from sources such as GitHub or Exploit-DB. These exploits and PoCs could contain malware. For more information, see how to use exploits safely.

Risk Information

CVSS Score Source [?]: CVE-2018-17474
CVSS V2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:F/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS Base Score:	6.8 (Medium)
Impact Subscore:	6.4
Exploitability Subscore:	8.6
CVSS Temporal Score:	5.6 (Medium)
CVSS Environmental Score:	NA (None)
Modified Impact Subscore:	NA
Overall CVSS Score:	5.6 (Medium)

CVSS V3 Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Base Score:	8.8 (High)
Impact Subscore:	5.9
Exploitability Subscore:	2.8
CVSS Temporal Score:	8.2 (High)
CVSS Environmental Score:	NA (None)
Modified Impact Subscore:	NA
Overall CVSS Score:	8.2 (High)

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Plugin Source

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-4330. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(118719);
  script_version("1.7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/04/29");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-17462", "CVE-2018-17463", "CVE-2018-17464", "CVE-2018-17465", "CVE-2018-17466", "CVE-2018-17467", "CVE-2018-17468", "CVE-2018-17469", "CVE-2018-17470", "CVE-2018-17471", "CVE-2018-17473", "CVE-2018-17474", "CVE-2018-17475", "CVE-2018-17476", "CVE-2018-17477", "CVE-2018-5179");
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"4330");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-4330-1 : chromium-browser - security update");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis",
    value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description",
    value:
"Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the chromium web
browser.

  - CVE-2018-5179
    Yannic Boneberger discovered an error in the
    ServiceWorker implementation.

  - CVE-2018-17462
    Ned Williamson and Niklas Baumstark discovered a way to
    escape the sandbox.

  - CVE-2018-17463
    Ned Williamson and Niklas Baumstark discovered a remote
    code execution issue in the v8 JavaScript library.

  - CVE-2018-17464
    xisigr discovered a URL spoofing issue.

  - CVE-2018-17465
    Lin Zuojian discovered a use-after-free issue in the v8
    JavaScript library.

  - CVE-2018-17466
    Omair discovered a memory corruption issue in the angle
    library.

  - CVE-2018-17467
    Khalil Zhani discovered a URL spoofing issue.

  - CVE-2018-17468
    Jams Lee discovered an information disclosure issue.

  - CVE-2018-17469
    Zhen Zhou discovered a buffer overflow issue in the
    pdfium library.

  - CVE-2018-17470
    Zhe Jin discovered a memory corruption issue in the GPU
    backend implementation.

  - CVE-2018-17471
    Lnyas Zhang discovered an issue with the full screen
    user interface.

  - CVE-2018-17473
    Khalil Zhani discovered a URL spoofing issue.

  - CVE-2018-17474
    Zhe Jin discovered a use-after-free issue.

  - CVE-2018-17475
    Vladimir Metnew discovered a URL spoofing issue.

  - CVE-2018-17476
    Khalil Zhani discovered an issue with the full screen
    user interface.

  - CVE-2018-17477
    Aaron Muir Hamilton discovered a user interface spoofing
    issue in the extensions pane.

This update also fixes a buffer overflow in the embedded lcms library
included with chromium."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-5179"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-17462"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-17463"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-17464"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-17465"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-17466"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-17467"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-17468"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-17469"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-17470"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-17471"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-17473"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-17474"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-17475"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-17476"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-17477"
  );
  # https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/chromium-browser
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?e33901a2"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/chromium-browser"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4330"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution",
    value:
"Upgrade the chromium-browser packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed
in version 70.0.3538.67-1~deb9u1."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/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:F/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-17474");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'Google Chrome 67, 68 and 69 Object.create exploit');
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chromium-browser");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/11/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/11/02");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/11/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

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

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");


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


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"chromedriver", reference:"70.0.3538.67-1~deb9u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"chromium", reference:"70.0.3538.67-1~deb9u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"chromium-driver", reference:"70.0.3538.67-1~deb9u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"chromium-l10n", reference:"70.0.3538.67-1~deb9u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"chromium-shell", reference:"70.0.3538.67-1~deb9u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"chromium-widevine", reference:"70.0.3538.67-1~deb9u1")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

The latest version of this script can be found in these locations depending on your platform:

Linux / Unix:
/opt/nessus/lib/nessus/plugins/debian_DSA-4330.nasl
Windows:
C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus\plugins\debian_DSA-4330.nasl
Mac OS X:
/Library/Nessus/run/lib/nessus/plugins/debian_DSA-4330.nasl

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How to Run

Here is how to run the Debian DSA-4330-1 : chromium-browser - security update as a standalone plugin via the Nessus web user interface (https://localhost:8834/):

Click to start a New Scan.
Select Advanced Scan.
Navigate to the Plugins tab.
On the top right corner click to Disable All plugins.
On the left side table select Debian Local Security Checks plugin family.
On the right side table select Debian DSA-4330-1 : chromium-browser - security update plugin ID 118719.
Specify the target on the Settings tab and click to Save the scan.
Run the scan.

Here are a few examples of how to run the plugin in the command line. Note that the examples below demonstrate the usage on the Linux / Unix platform.

Basic usage:

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl debian_DSA-4330.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with audit trail message on the console:

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -a debian_DSA-4330.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with trace script execution written to the console (useful for debugging):

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -T - debian_DSA-4330.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with using a state file for the target and updating it (useful for running multiple plugins on the target):

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -K /tmp/state debian_DSA-4330.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

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References

DSA | Debian Security Advisory:

4330

See also:

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119654 - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 18.10 : Firefox vulnerabilities (USN-3844-1)
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119755 - Oracle Linux 6 : firefox (ELSA-2018-3831)
119756 - Oracle Linux 7 : firefox (ELSA-2018-3833)
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119873 - CentOS 6 : firefox (CESA-2018:3831)
119874 - CentOS 7 : firefox (CESA-2018:3833)

Version

This page has been produced using Nessus Professional 10.1.2 (#68) LINUX, Plugin set 202205072148.
Plugin file debian_DSA-4330.nasl version 1.7. For more plugins, visit the Nessus Plugin Library.

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Debian DSA-4330-1 : chromium-browser - security update - Nessus

Plugin Overview

Vulnerability Information

Synopsis

Description

Solution

Public Exploits

Risk Information

Plugin Source

How to Run

References

Version

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