Spoofing attack in Google Chrome - CVE-2017-5089

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Spoofing attack in Google Chrome - CVE-2017-5089

Published: June 20, 2017 / Updated: June 11, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU7127
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5089
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an address spoofing flaw in the Omnibox component. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it and conduct domain spoofing attacks.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in address spoofing.


Affected software

Google Chrome
Arch Linux
Debian Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Fedora
qt5-qtwebengine
chromium

How to mitigate CVE-2017-5089

Update to version 59.0.3071.104.

Google Chrome - update to 59.0.3071.104
qt5-qtwebengine - addressed in versions 5.9.1-1.fc25, 5.9.1-1.fc26
chromium - addressed in versions 59.0.3071.104-1.el7, 59.0.3071.104-1.fc24, 59.0.3071.104-1.fc25, 59.0.3071.104-1.fc26

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