Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Debian Linux and Opensuse - CVE-2016-1623

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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Debian Linux and Opensuse - CVE-2016-1623

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU40486
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-1623
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Debian
SUSE
Affected software:
Debian Linux
Opensuse

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

The DOM implementation in Google Chrome before 48.0.2564.109 does not properly restrict frame-attach operations from occurring during or after frame-detach operations, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via a crafted web site, related to FrameLoader.cpp, HTMLFrameOwnerElement.h, LocalFrame.cpp, and WebLocalFrameImpl.cpp.


How to mitigate CVE-2016-1623

Install update from vendor's website.

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