Improper Input Validation Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <58.0.3029.81-0ubuntu2.1350
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-CHROMIUMBROWSER-409695
- published 27 Oct 2017
- disclosed 27 Oct 2017
Introduced: 27 Oct 2017
CVE-2017-5066 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 chromium-browser to version 58.0.3029.81-0ubuntu2.1350 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 consistency checks in signature handling in the networking stack in Google Chrome prior to 58.0.3029.81 for Mac, Windows, and Linux, and 58.0.3029.83 for Android, allowed a remote attacker to incorrectly accept a badly formed X.509 certificate via a crafted HTML page.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-5066
- https://crbug.com/690821
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5066
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-02
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1124
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97939
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038317