Information Exposure 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
1.68% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-CHROMIUMBROWSER-411668
  • published23 Jul 2016
  • disclosed23 Jul 2016

Introduced: 23 Jul 2016

CVE-2016-5134  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (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.

net/proxy/proxy_service.cc in the Proxy Auto-Config (PAC) feature in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.82 does not ensure that URL information is restricted to a scheme, host, and port, which allows remote attackers to discover credentials by operating a server with a PAC script, a related issue to CVE-2016-3763.