Information Exposure Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <42.0.2311.90-1~deb8u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.61% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-CHROMIUMBROWSER-412293
  • published19 Apr 2015
  • disclosed19 Apr 2015

Introduced: 19 Apr 2015

CVE-2015-1244  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 chromium-browser to version 42.0.2311.90-1~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.

The URLRequest::GetHSTSRedirect function in url_request/url_request.cc in Google Chrome before 42.0.2311.90 does not replace the ws scheme with the wss scheme whenever an HSTS Policy is active, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network for WebSocket traffic.

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