Information Exposure Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <0:54.0.2840.100-1.el6


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.5% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-CHROMIUMBROWSER-1509092
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed9 Nov 2016

Introduced: 9 Nov 2016

CVE-2016-5201  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 chromium-browser to version 0:54.0.2840.100-1.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:2718.

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.

A leak of privateClass in the extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.100 for Linux, and 54.0.2840.99 for Windows, and 54.0.2840.98 for Mac allowed a remote attacker to access privileged JavaScript code via a crafted HTML page.