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Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <68.0.3440.75-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Severity

 Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.27% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-CHROMIUMBROWSER-413218
  • published16 Aug 2018
  • disclosed4 Dec 2018
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Introduced: 16 Aug 2018

CVE-2018-6152  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-434  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 chromium-browser to version 68.0.3440.75-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 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.

The implementation of the Page.downloadBehavior backend unconditionally marked downloaded files as safe, regardless of file type in Google Chrome prior to 66.0.3359.117 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page and user interaction.