Information Exposure Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <66.0.3359.139-0ubuntu1
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- published27 Jun 2018
- disclosed9 Jan 2019
Introduced: 27 Jun 2018
CVE-2018-6109 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:18.10 chromium-browser to version 66.0.3359.139-0ubuntu1 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:18.10 relevant fixed versions and status.
readAsText() can indefinitely read the file picked by the user, rather than only once at the time the file is picked in File API in Google Chrome prior to 66.0.3359.117 allowed a remote attacker to access data on the user file system without explicit consent via a crafted HTML page.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-6109
- https://crbug.com/710190
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4182
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-6109
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-22
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1195
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103917