Information Exposure Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <0:57.0.2987.98-1.el6


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-CHROMIUMBROWSER-1510875
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed9 Mar 2017

Introduced: 9 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-5046  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 chromium-browser to version 0:57.0.2987.98-1.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:0499.

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.

V8 in Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Mac, Windows, and Linux and 57.0.2987.108 for Android had insufficient policy enforcement, which allowed a remote attacker to spoof the location object via a crafted HTML page, related to Blink information disclosure.

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