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Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <70.0.3538.67-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Severity

 Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.17% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-CHROMIUMBROWSER-411157
  • published 18 Oct 2018
  • disclosed 26 Apr 2019
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Introduced: 18 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-5179 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-772 Open this link in a new tab

How 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.