Information disclosure in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-17468

 

Information disclosure in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-17468

Published: October 23, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU15477
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-17468
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to cross-origin URL disclosure in Blink. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website and disclose cross-origin URL.

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-2018-17468

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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