Spoofing attack in Google Chromium - CVE-2021-30596

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Spoofing attack in Google Chromium - CVE-2021-30596

Published: August 2, 2021 / Updated: August 5, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU55495
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-30596
CWE-ID: CWE-451
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in Navigation in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it and spoof web page content.


Affected software

Google Chromium
Google Chrome
Microsoft Edge
Arch Linux
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
chromium

How to mitigate CVE-2021-30596

Update to version 92.0.4515.131.

Google Chromium - update to 92.0.4515.131
Google Chrome - update to 92.0.4515.131
Microsoft Edge - update to 92.0.902.67
chromium - addressed in versions 93.0.4577.63-1.el8, 93.0.4577.63-1.fc33, 93.0.4577.63-1.fc34, 93.0.4577.63-1.fc35

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