Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <70.0.3538.67-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.17% (55th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-CHROMIUMBROWSER-411157
- published 18 Oct 2018
- disclosed 26 Apr 2019
Introduced: 18 Oct 2018
CVE-2018-5179 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04
chromium-browser
to version 70.0.3538.67-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 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.
A service worker can send the activate event on itself periodically which allows it to run perpetually, allowing it to monitor activity by users. Affects all versions prior to Firefox 60.