Improper Authentication Affecting chromium package, versions <89.0.4389.82-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.17% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-CHROMIUM-5677254
  • published3 Mar 2021
  • disclosed9 Mar 2021

Introduced: 3 Mar 2021

CVE-2021-21177  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 chromium to version 89.0.4389.82-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream chromium package and not the chromium package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

Insufficient policy enforcement in Autofill in Google Chrome prior to 89.0.4389.72 allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page.

CVSS Scores

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