Information Exposure Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <56.0.2924.76-0ubuntu2.1343
Threat Intelligence
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- published17 Feb 2017
- disclosed17 Feb 2017
Introduced: 17 Feb 2017
CVE-2017-5011 (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 Windows insufficiently sanitized DevTools URLs, which allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to read filesystem contents via a crafted HTML page.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-5011
- https://crbug.com/662859
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3776
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5011
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-66
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0206.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95792
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037718