Code Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <44.0.2403.89-0ubuntu1.1195
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-CHROMIUMBROWSER-409660
- published 23 Jul 2015
- disclosed 23 Jul 2015
Introduced: 23 Jul 2015
CVE-2015-5605 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 chromium-browser to version 44.0.2403.89-0ubuntu1.1195 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.
The regular-expression implementation in Google V8, as used in Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89, mishandles interrupts, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted JavaScript code, as demonstrated by an error in garbage collection during allocation of a stack-overflow exception message.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-5605
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/07/stable-channel-update_21.html
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=469480
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=512110
- https://chromium.googlesource.com/v8/v8.git/+/c67cb287a901ddf03d4ae4dafcf431d09fd3e22c
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00038.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1499.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76007
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033031