Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource 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
0.66% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-CHROMIUMBROWSER-1515297
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed5 Sept 2017

Introduced: 5 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-5118  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-732  (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.

Blink in Google Chrome prior to 61.0.3163.79 for Mac, Windows, and Linux, and 61.0.3163.81 for Android, failed to correctly propagate CSP restrictions to javascript scheme pages, which allowed a remote attacker to bypass content security policy via a crafted HTML page.

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