Improper Privilege Management Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <59.0.3071.109-0ubuntu1.1360
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- published27 Oct 2017
- disclosed27 Oct 2017
Introduced: 27 Oct 2017
CVE-2017-5084 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 chromium-browser to version 59.0.3071.109-0ubuntu1.1360 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.
Inappropriate implementation in image-burner in Google Chrome OS prior to 59.0.3071.92 allowed a local attacker to read local files via dbus-send commands to a BurnImage D-Bus endpoint.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-5084
- https://crbug.com/702030
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5084
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-20
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/06/stable-channel-update-for-chrome-os.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98986