Access Restriction Bypass Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <28.0.1500.71-0ubuntu1.12.04.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.49% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1204-CHROMIUMBROWSER-410103
  • published10 Jul 2013
  • disclosed10 Jul 2013

Introduced: 10 Jul 2013

CVE-2013-2876  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:12.04 chromium-browser to version 28.0.1500.71-0ubuntu1.12.04.1 or higher.

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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:12.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

browser/extensions/api/tabs/tabs_api.cc in Google Chrome before 28.0.1500.71 does not properly enforce restrictions on the capture of screenshots by extensions, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about the content of a previous page via vectors involving an interstitial page.

CVSS Scores

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