Authentication Bypass Affecting chromium package, versions [,30.0.1599.101)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.57% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CHROMIUM-2409175
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed2 Oct 2013
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 2 Oct 2013

CVE-2013-2915  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade chromium to version 30.0.1599.101 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Authentication Bypass. Google Chrome before 30.0.1599.66 preserves pending NavigationEntry objects in certain invalid circumstances, which allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar via a URL with a malformed scheme, as demonstrated by a nonexistent:12121 URL.

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