CVE-2016-7549 Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu0.16.10.1328
Threat Intelligence
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- published25 Sept 2016
- disclosed25 Sept 2016
Introduced: 25 Sep 2016
CVE-2016-7549 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:16.10 chromium-browser to version 55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu0.16.10.1328 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:16.10 relevant fixed versions and status.
Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.113 does not ensure that the recipient of a certain IPC message is a valid RenderFrame or RenderWidget, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging access to a renderer process, related to render_frame_host_impl.cc and render_widget_host_impl.cc, as demonstrated by a Password Manager message.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-7549
- https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_13.html
- https://crbug.com/556351
- https://crbug.com/646394
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7549
- https://codereview.chromium.org/1534933002
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1905.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93160