Spoofing attack in Google Chrome - CVE-2017-5106

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Spoofing attack in Google Chrome - CVE-2017-5106

Published: August 1, 2017 / Updated: June 11, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU7635
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-2017-5106
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 URL spoofing in OmniBox. 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
Gentoo Linux
Arch Linux
Debian Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Fedora
chromium

How to mitigate CVE-2017-5106

Update to version 60.0.3112.78.

Google Chrome - update to 60.0.3112.78
chromium - addressed in versions 60.0.3112.90-1.fc25, 60.0.3112.90-1.fc26, 60.0.3112.90-3.el7, 60.0.3112.101-1.fc25, 60.0.3112.101-2.el7, 60.0.3112.113-1.fc25, 60.0.3112.113-2.el7

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