Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <0:64.0.3282.119-1.el6_9


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.57% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-CHROMIUMBROWSER-1515894
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed24 Jan 2018

Introduced: 24 Jan 2018

CVE-2018-6051  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 chromium-browser to version 0:64.0.3282.119-1.el6_9 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:0265.

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.

XSS Auditor in Google Chrome prior to 64.0.3282.119, did not ensure the reporting URL was in the same origin as the page it was on, which allowed a remote attacker to obtain referrer details via a crafted HTML page.