SB2011060901 - Denial of service in Google Chrome
Published: June 9, 2011 Updated: May 25, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2011060901
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Partial DoS
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-1811)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when processing a large number of form submissions. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and crash the browser.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=76034
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/06/chrome-stable-release.html
- http://osvdb.org/72781
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44829
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48129
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67894
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14620