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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-1671: Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-1671: Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/14/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
11/08/2023

Description

Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.102 on Android mishandles / (slash) and \ (backslash) characters, which allows attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks via a file: URL, related to net/base/escape.cc and net/base/filename_util.cc.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-www-client-chromium

References

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