Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <68.0.3440.75-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-CHROMIUMBROWSER-413218
- published 16 Aug 2018
- disclosed 4 Dec 2018
Introduced: 16 Aug 2018
CVE-2018-6152 Open this link in a new tabHow 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.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-6152
- https://crbug.com/805445
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4256
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-6152
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-01
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2282
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104887