Information Exposure Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <0:61.0.3163.79-2.el6_9


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.86% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-CHROMIUMBROWSER-1514302
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed5 Sept 2017

Introduced: 5 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-5117  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 chromium-browser to version 0:61.0.3163.79-2.el6_9 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:2676.

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.

Use of an uninitialized value in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 61.0.3163.79 for Linux and Windows allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page.