Information Exposure Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <55.0.2883.75-1~deb8u1
Threat Intelligence
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- published19 Jan 2017
- disclosed19 Jan 2017
Introduced: 19 Jan 2017
CVE-2016-5201 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:8 chromium-browser to version 55.0.2883.75-1~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.
A leak of privateClass in the extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.100 for Linux, and 54.0.2840.99 for Windows, and 54.0.2840.98 for Mac allowed a remote attacker to access privileged JavaScript code via a crafted HTML page.
References
- https://crbug.com/660678
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5201
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-16
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_9.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2718.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94196
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037273
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-5201