Authentication bypass in Google Chrome - CVE-2017-5081

Vulnerability identifier: #VU6967

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5081

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to extension verification bypass in the Chromium browser. A remote attacker can use a specially crafted file to bypass authentication and gain unauthorized access to the system.

Google Chrome
Arch Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Fedora
Opensuse
chromium-native_client
chromium

Update to version 59.0.3071.86.

Google Chrome - update to 59.0.3071.86
chromium-native_client - addressed in versions 59.0.3071.86-1.20170607gitaac1de2.fc24, 59.0.3071.86-1.20170607gitaac1de2.fc25, 59.0.3071.86-1.20170607gitaac1de2.fc26
chromium - addressed in versions 59.0.3071.86-3.el7, 59.0.3071.104-1.el7

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html?utm_source=feed...
• https://security.archlinux.org/advisory/ASA-201706-8

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
• openSUSE update for chromium
• Arch Linux update for chromium
• OpenSUSE Linux update for chromium
• Red Hat update for chromium-browser
• Fedora EPEL 7 update for chromium
• Fedora 24 update for chromium-native_client
• Fedora 25 update for chromium-native_client
• Fedora 26 update for chromium-native_client
• Fedora EPEL 7 update for chromium