Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <84.0.4147.105-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-CHROMIUMBROWSER-597722
- published 28 Jul 2020
- disclosed 21 Sep 2020
Introduced: 28 Jul 2020
CVE-2020-6537 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 chromium-browser to version 84.0.4147.105-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 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.
Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 84.0.4147.105 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2020-6537
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-6537
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4824
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EE7XWIZBME7JAY7N6CGPET4CLNHHEIVT/
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_27.html
- https://crbug.com/1105318
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EE7XWIZBME7JAY7N6CGPET4CLNHHEIVT/
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