Access Restriction Bypass Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <29.0.1547.57-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.56% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-CHROMIUMBROWSER-414739
  • published22 Nov 2010
  • disclosed22 Nov 2010

Introduced: 22 Nov 2010

CVE-2010-3813  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 chromium-browser to version 29.0.1547.57-1 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 WebCore::HTMLLinkElement::process function in WebCore/html/HTMLLinkElement.cpp in WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 5.0.3 on Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.6 and Windows, and before 4.1.3 on Mac OS X 10.4; webkitgtk before 1.2.6; and possibly other products does not verify whether DNS prefetching is enabled when processing an HTML LINK element, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions, as demonstrated by an HTML e-mail message that uses a LINK element for X-Confirm-Reading-To functionality.

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