Vulnerabilities > CVE-2012-2846 - Unspecified vulnerability in Google Chrome

047910
CVSS 0.0 - NONE
Attack vector
UNKNOWN
Attack complexity
UNKNOWN
Privileges required
UNKNOWN
Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN
Integrity impact
UNKNOWN
Availability impact
UNKNOWN
google
nessus
NVD
Published: 2012-08-06
Updated: 2023-11-07

Summary

Google Chrome before 21.0.1180.57 on Linux does not properly isolate renderer processes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (cross-process interference) via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Google
2374
OS
Linux
1

Nessus

  • NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
    NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-201208-03.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201208-03 (Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Chromium. Please review the CVE identifiers and release notes referenced below for details. Impact : A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted web site using Chromium, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, a Denial of Service condition, disclosure of sensitive information, or other unspecified impact. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id61542
    published2012-08-15
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/61542
    titleGLSA-201208-03 : Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201208-03.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike 
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(61542);
  script_version("1.10");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/07/11 17:09:26");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2012-2815", "CVE-2012-2817", "CVE-2012-2818", "CVE-2012-2819", "CVE-2012-2820", "CVE-2012-2821", "CVE-2012-2823", "CVE-2012-2824", "CVE-2012-2825", "CVE-2012-2826", "CVE-2012-2829", "CVE-2012-2830", "CVE-2012-2831", "CVE-2012-2834", "CVE-2012-2842", "CVE-2012-2843", "CVE-2012-2846", "CVE-2012-2847", "CVE-2012-2848", "CVE-2012-2849", "CVE-2012-2853", "CVE-2012-2854", "CVE-2012-2857", "CVE-2012-2858", "CVE-2012-2859", "CVE-2012-2860");
  script_bugtraq_id(54203, 54386, 54749);
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"201208-03");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-201208-03 : Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201208-03
(Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Chromium. Please review
      the CVE identifiers and release notes referenced below for details.
  
Impact :

    A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted web
      site using Chromium, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary
      code with the privileges of the process, a Denial of Service condition,
      disclosure of sensitive information, or other unspecified impact.
  
Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time."
  );
  # https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/06/stable-channel-update_26.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?a188005b"
  );
  # https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/07/stable-channel-update.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?5d5db751"
  );
  # https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/07/stable-channel-release.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?e90fa04b"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201208-03"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"All Chromium users should upgrade to the latest version:
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
      '>=www-client/chromium-21.0.1180.57'"
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:chromium");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/08/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/08/15");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (qpkg_check(package:"www-client/chromium", unaffected:make_list("ge 21.0.1180.57"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 21.0.1180.57"))) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = qpkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "Chromium");
}
  • NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
    NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_CE84E136E2F611E1A8CA00262D5ED8EE.NASL
    descriptionGoogle Chrome Releases reports : [Linux only] [125225] Medium CVE-2012-2846: Cross-process interference in renderers. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Julien Tinnes). [127522] Low CVE-2012-2847: Missing re-prompt to user upon excessive downloads. Credit to Matt Austin of Aspect Security. [127525] Medium CVE-2012-2848: Overly broad file access granted after drag+drop. Credit to Matt Austin of Aspect Security. [128163] Low CVE-2012-2849: Off-by-one read in GIF decoder. Credit to Atte Kettunen of OUSPG. [130251] [130592] [130611] [131068] [131237] [131252] [131621] [131690] [132860] Medium CVE-2012-2850: Various lower severity issues in the PDF viewer. Credit to Mateusz Jurczyk of Google Security Team, with contributions by Gynvael Coldwind of Google Security Team. [132585] [132694] [132861] High CVE-2012-2851: Integer overflows in PDF viewer. Credit to Mateusz Jurczyk of Google Security Team, with contributions by Gynvael Coldwind of Google Security Team. [134028] High CVE-2012-2852: Use-after-free with bad object linkage in PDF. Credit to Alexey Samsonov of Google. [134101] Medium CVE-2012-2853: webRequest can interfere with the Chrome Web Store. Credit to Trev of Adblock. [134519] Low CVE-2012-2854: Leak of pointer values to WebUI renderers. Credit to Nasko Oskov of the Chromium development community. [134888] High CVE-2012-2855: Use-after-free in PDF viewer. Credit to Mateusz Jurczyk of Google Security Team, with contributions by Gynvael Coldwind of Google Security Team. [134954] [135264] High CVE-2012-2856: Out-of-bounds writes in PDF viewer. Credit to Mateusz Jurczyk of Google Security Team, with contributions by Gynvael Coldwind of Google Security Team. [136235] High CVE-2012-2857: Use-after-free in CSS DOM. Credit to Arthur Gerkis. [136894] High CVE-2012-2858: Buffer overflow in WebP decoder. Credit to Juri Aedla. [Linux only] [137541] Critical CVE-2012-2859: Crash in tab handling. Credit to Jeff Roberts of Google Security Team. [137671] Medium CVE-2012-2860: Out-of-bounds access when clicking in date picker. Credit to Chamal de Silva.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id61505
    published2012-08-13
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2013 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/61505
    titleFreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (ce84e136-e2f6-11e1-a8ca-00262d5ed8ee)

References