NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <56.0.2924.76-1~deb8u1
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- published17 Feb 2017
- disclosed17 Feb 2017
Introduced: 17 Feb 2017
CVE-2017-5023 (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.
Type confusion in Histogram in Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for Android, allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit a near null dereference via a crafted HTML page.
References
- https://crbug.com/651443
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3776
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5023
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-66
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0206.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95792
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037718
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-5023