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Improper Input Validation Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <77.0.3865.90-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.09% (40th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-CHROMIUMBROWSER-472168
  • published 28 Sep 2019
  • disclosed 25 Nov 2019
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Introduced: 28 Sep 2019

CVE-2019-5879 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-20 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 chromium-browser to version 77.0.3865.90-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 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.

Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 77.0.3865.75 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to read local files via a crafted Chrome Extension.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

6.5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    None