Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource Affecting chromium package, versions <71.0.3578.80-1
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- published7 Dec 2018
- disclosed11 Dec 2018
Introduced: 7 Dec 2018
CVE-2018-18349 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable chromium to version 71.0.3578.80-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream chromium package and not the chromium package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.
Remote frame navigations was incorrectly permitted to local resources in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 71.0.3578.80 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to access files on the local file system via a crafted Chrome Extension.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-18349
- https://crbug.com/894399
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4352
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-18
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3803
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106084
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-18349