Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <56.0.2924.76-1~deb8u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.03% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-CHROMIUMBROWSER-412849
  • published17 Feb 2017
  • disclosed17 Feb 2017

Introduced: 17 Feb 2017

CVE-2017-5020  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 chromium-browser to version 56.0.2924.76-1~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 prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for Android, failed to require a user gesture for powerful download operations, which allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.