Race Condition Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <0:68.0.3440.75-1.el6_10


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.22% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-CHROMIUMBROWSER-1519393
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed24 Jul 2018

Introduced: 24 Jul 2018

CVE-2018-6158  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 chromium-browser to version 0:68.0.3440.75-1.el6_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:2282.

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.

A race condition in Oilpan in Google Chrome prior to 68.0.3440.75 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.