Improper Authentication Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <52.0.2743.82-1~deb8u1
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- published23 Jul 2016
- disclosed23 Jul 2016
Introduced: 23 Jul 2016
CVE-2016-5133 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:8 chromium-browser to version 52.0.2743.82-1~deb8u1 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 Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.82 mishandles origin information during proxy authentication, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof a proxy-authentication login prompt or trigger incorrect credential storage by modifying the client-server data stream.
References
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/07/stable-channel-update.html
- https://crbug.com/613626
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3637
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5133
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09
- https://codereview.chromium.org/2067933002/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00020.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00022.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00028.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1485.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92053
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036428
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-5133
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3041-1