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Debian: CVE-2017-5008: chromium-browser -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2017-5008: chromium-browser -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
01/25/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/01/2017
Modified
11/08/2023

Description

Blink in Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for Android, allowed attacker controlled JavaScript to be run during the invocation of a private script method, which allowed a remote attacker to inject arbitrary scripts or HTML (UXSS) via a crafted HTML page.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-chromium-browser

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