Code Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <0:44.0.2403.89-1.el6


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.35% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-CHROMIUMBROWSER-1498671
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed21 Jul 2015

Introduced: 21 Jul 2015

CVE-2015-1287  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-17  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 chromium-browser to version 0:44.0.2403.89-1.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2015:1499.

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 RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89, enables a quirks-mode exception that limits the cases in which a Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) document is required to have the text/css content type, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via a crafted web site, related to core/fetch/CSSStyleSheetResource.cpp.

CVSS Scores

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