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Debian: CVE-2018-6109: chromium-browser -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2018-6109: chromium-browser -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
04/10/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/29/2018
Modified
11/08/2023

Description

readAsText() can indefinitely read the file picked by the user, rather than only once at the time the file is picked in File API in Google Chrome prior to 66.0.3359.117 allowed a remote attacker to access data on the user file system without explicit consent via a crafted HTML page.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-chromium-browser

References

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