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Improper Input Validation Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <52.0.2743.116-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1134

Severity

 Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.89% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-CHROMIUMBROWSER-408950
  • published23 Jul 2016
  • disclosed23 Jul 2016
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Introduced: 23 Jul 2016

CVE-2016-1706  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 chromium-browser to version 52.0.2743.116-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1134 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:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

The PPAPI implementation in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.82 does not validate the origin of IPC messages to the plugin broker process that should have come from the browser process, which allows remote attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via an unexpected message type, related to broker_process_dispatcher.cc, ppapi_plugin_process_host.cc, ppapi_thread.cc, and render_frame_message_filter.cc.