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SUSE: CVE-2016-5218: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-5218: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
12/13/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/13/2016
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

The extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android incorrectly handled navigation within PDFs, which allowed a remote attacker to temporarily spoof the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted HTML page containing PDF data.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-chromedriver
  • suse-upgrade-chromium

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