Race Condition Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <0:50.0.2661.102-1.el6


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.45% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-CHROMIUMBROWSER-2132702
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed11 May 2016

Introduced: 11 May 2016

CVE-2016-1670  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:6 chromium-browser to version 0:50.0.2661.102-1.el6 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream chromium-browser package and not the chromium-browser package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Race condition in the ResourceDispatcherHostImpl::BeginRequest function in content/browser/loader/resource_dispatcher_host_impl.cc in Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.102 allows remote attackers to make arbitrary HTTP requests by leveraging access to a renderer process and reusing a request ID.

CVSS Scores

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