Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Debian Linux and Google Chrome - CVE-2014-3160
Published: July 20, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41463
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3160
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Debian
Google
Affected software:
Debian Linux
Google Chrome
Debian Linux
Google Chrome
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
The ResourceFetcher::canRequest function in core/fetch/ResourceFetcher.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 36.0.1985.125, does not properly restrict subresource requests associated with SVG files, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via a crafted file.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-3160
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/07/stable-channel-update.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60061
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60372
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201408-16.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3039
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68677
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=380885
- https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?revision=176084&view=revision