Cross-site Scripting (XSS) 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-1499056
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed21 Jul 2015

Introduced: 21 Jul 2015

CVE-2015-1286  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (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.

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the V8ContextNativeHandler::GetModuleSystem function in extensions/renderer/v8_context_native_handler.cc in Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by leveraging the lack of a certain V8 context restriction, aka a Blink "Universal XSS (UXSS)."

CVSS Scores

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