Input validation error in Google Chrome - CVE-2019-5779

 

Input validation error in Google Chrome - CVE-2019-5779

Published: January 30, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU17315
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5779
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.

The weakness exists due to insufficient policy enforcement in ServiceWorker. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website and bypass security restrictions to conduct further attacks.

Affected software

Google Chrome
Arch Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Opensuse

How to mitigate CVE-2019-5779

Update to version 72.0.3626.81.

Google Chrome - update to 72.0.3626.81

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