<p>Upgrade <code>Ubuntu:18.04</code> <code>chromium-browser</code> to version 87.0.4280.66-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 or higher.</p>

Race Condition Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <87.0.4280.66-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Threat Intelligence

0.13% (49^th percentile)

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Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-CHROMIUMBROWSER-1044243
published 24 Nov 2020
disclosed 8 Jan 2021

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Introduced: 24 Nov 2020

CVE-2020-16021 Open this link in a new tab CWE-362 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 chromium-browser to version 87.0.4280.66-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 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.

Race in image burner in Google Chrome on ChromeOS prior to 87.0.4280.66 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the browser process to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a malicious file.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1

Attack Vector (AV)

Network
Attack Complexity (AC)

High
Privileges Required (PR)

None
User Interaction (UI)

Required

Scope (S)

Unchanged

Confidentiality (C)

High
Integrity (I)

High
Availability (A)

High