URL spoofing in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-17475

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URL spoofing in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-17475

Published: October 23, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU15476
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-17475
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to spoof URLs.

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.

Affected software

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

How to mitigate CVE-2018-17475

Update to version 70.0.3538.67.

Google Chrome - update to 70.0.3538.67
chromium - addressed in versions 70.0.3538.77-4.fc27, 70.0.3538.77-4.fc28, 70.0.3538.77-4.fc29, 70.0.3538.110-1.fc28

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