Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Opensuse and Debian Linux - CVE-2016-1625

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Opensuse and Debian Linux - CVE-2016-1625

Published: February 14, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU40484
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-1625
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: SUSE
Debian
Affected software:
Opensuse
Debian Linux

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The Chrome Instant feature in Google Chrome before 48.0.2564.109 does not ensure that a New Tab Page (NTP) navigation target is on the most-visited or suggestions list, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended restrictions via unspecified vectors, related to instant_service.cc and search_tab_helper.cc.


How to mitigate CVE-2016-1625

Install update from vendor's website.

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