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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-5042: Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-5042: Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
04/24/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
11/08/2023

Description

Cast in Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Mac, Windows, and Linux and 57.0.2987.108 for Android sent cookies to sites discovered via SSDP, which allowed an attacker on the local network segment to initiate connections to arbitrary URLs and observe any plaintext cookies sent.

Solution(s)

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

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