CVE-2020-15961 Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <85.0.4183.121-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
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EPSS
0.31% (71st
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-CHROMIUMBROWSER-1013260
- published 26 Sep 2020
- disclosed 21 Sep 2020
Introduced: 21 Sep 2020
CVE-2020-15961 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 chromium-browser to version 85.0.4183.121-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 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:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
Insufficient policy validation in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 85.0.4183.121 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted Chrome Extension.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2020-15961
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4824
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FN7HZIGAOCZKBT4LV363BCPRA5FLY25I/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GNIYFJST4TFJYFZ27VODBOINCLBGULTD/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YWNBJFBPKYCYSZTS54FHNCRZG6KC2AIJ/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-13
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-30
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.html
- https://crbug.com/1114636
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00087.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00095.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00096.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00049.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FN7HZIGAOCZKBT4LV363BCPRA5FLY25I/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GNIYFJST4TFJYFZ27VODBOINCLBGULTD/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YWNBJFBPKYCYSZTS54FHNCRZG6KC2AIJ/
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