Cryptographic issues in Google Chrome - CVE-2013-6659
Published: February 24, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42015
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-6659
CWE-ID: CWE-310
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Chrome
Google Chrome
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
The SSLClientSocketNSS::Core::OwnAuthCertHandler function in net/socket/ssl_client_socket_nss.cc in Google Chrome before 33.0.1750.117 does not prevent changes to server X.509 certificates during renegotiations, which allows remote SSL servers to trigger use of a new certificate chain, inconsistent with the user's expectations, by initiating a TLS renegotiation.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-6659
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/02/stable-channel-update_20.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00006.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2883
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=306959
- https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?revision=229611&view=revision