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CentOS Linux: CVE-2017-5056: Critical: chromium-browser security update (CESA-2017:0860)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2017-5056: Critical: chromium-browser security update (CESA-2017:0860)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/27/2017
Created
08/29/2019
Added
08/28/2019
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

A use after free in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.133 for Linux, Windows, and Mac, and 57.0.2987.132 for Android, allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page.

Solution(s)

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

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