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CentOS Linux: CVE-2017-15412: Critical: chromium-browser security update (Multiple Advisories)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2017-15412: Critical: chromium-browser security update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/28/2018
Created
08/29/2019
Added
08/28/2019
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

Use after free in libxml2 before 2.9.5, as used in Google Chrome prior to 63.0.3239.84 and other products, allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-chromium-browser
  • centos-upgrade-chromium-browser-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-libxml2
  • centos-upgrade-libxml2-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-libxml2-devel
  • centos-upgrade-libxml2-python
  • centos-upgrade-libxml2-static

References

  • DSA-4086
  • CVE-2017-15412
  • RHSA-2017:3401
  • RHSA-2018:0287

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