Spoofing attack in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-6163

Vulnerability identifier: #VU14049

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6163

CWE-ID: CWE-451

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an error in Omnibox. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website and spoof URLs.

Google Chrome
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Fedora
SUSE Linux
Opensuse
chromium

Update to version 68.0.3440.75.

Google Chrome - update to 68.0.3440.75
chromium - addressed in versions 68.0.3440.106-3.el7, 68.0.3440.106-3.fc27, 68.0.3440.106-3.fc28

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
• Debian update for chromium-browser
• SUSE Linux update for chromium
• OpenSUSE Linux update for Chromium
• Red Hat update for Google Chrome
• Gentoo update for Chromium, Google Chrome
• Fedora 27 update for chromium
• Fedora 28 update for chromium
• Fedora EPEL 7 update for chromium