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Red Hat: CVE-2018-5179: Important: chromium-browser security update (RHSA-2018:3004)

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Red Hat: CVE-2018-5179: Important: chromium-browser security update (RHSA-2018:3004)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
10/24/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
10/25/2018
Modified
03/03/2021

Description

A service worker can send the activate event on itself periodically which allows it to run perpetually, allowing it to monitor activity by users. Affects all versions prior to Firefox 60.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-chromium-browser
  • redhat-upgrade-chromium-browser-debuginfo

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