Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or Frames Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <56.0.2924.76-0ubuntu2.1343


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.6% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1704-CHROMIUMBROWSER-413120
  • published17 Feb 2017
  • disclosed17 Feb 2017

Introduced: 17 Feb 2017

CVE-2017-5026  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1021  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:17.04 chromium-browser to version 56.0.2924.76-0ubuntu2.1343 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:17.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, failed to prevent alerts from being displayed by swapped out frames, which allowed a remote attacker to show alerts on a page they don't control via a crafted HTML page.