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CentOS Linux: CVE-2017-5046: Important: chromium-browser security update (CESA-2017:0499)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2017-5046: Important: chromium-browser security update (CESA-2017:0499)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
04/24/2017
Created
08/29/2019
Added
08/28/2019
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

V8 in Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Mac, Windows, and Linux and 57.0.2987.108 for Android had insufficient policy enforcement, which allowed a remote attacker to spoof the location object via a crafted HTML page, related to Blink information disclosure.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-chromium-browser
  • centos-upgrade-chromium-browser-debuginfo

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