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Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <0:56.0.2924.76-1.el6

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.35% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-CHROMIUMBROWSER-1509777
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed25 Jan 2017
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Introduced: 25 Jan 2017

CVE-2017-5008  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 chromium-browser to version 0:56.0.2924.76-1.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:0206.

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 in Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for Android, allowed attacker controlled JavaScript to be run during the invocation of a private script method, which allowed a remote attacker to inject arbitrary scripts or HTML (UXSS) via a crafted HTML page.