Spoofing attack in Google Chromium - CVE-2023-5850

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Spoofing attack in Google Chromium - CVE-2023-5850

Published: October 31, 2023 / Updated: November 1, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU82626
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-2023-5850
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 Downloads 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
Microsoft Edge
Google Chrome
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux
Fedora
dev-qt/qtwebengine
chromium
chromium (Debian package)
www-client/microsoft-edge
www-client/chromium
www-client/google-chrome

How to mitigate CVE-2023-5850

Update to version 119.0.6045.105.

Google Chromium - update to 119.0.6045.105
Microsoft Edge - addressed in versions 118.0.2088.88, 119.0.2151.44
Google Chrome - addressed in versions 119.0.6045.105, 119.0.6045.106
dev-qt/qtwebengine - update to 103.0.5060.53
chromium - addressed in versions 119.0.6045.105-1.el7, 119.0.6045.105-1.el8, 119.0.6045.105-1.el9, 119.0.6045.105-1.fc37, 119.0.6045.105-1.fc38, 119.0.6045.105-1.fc39, 119.0.6045.123-1.el7, 119.0.6045.123-1.el8, 119.0.6045.123-1.el9, 119.0.6045.123-1.fc38, 119.0.6045.123-1.fc39, 119.0.6045.159-1.el9
chromium (Debian package) - addressed in versions 119.0.6045.105-1~deb11u1, 119.0.6045.105-1~deb12u1
www-client/microsoft-edge - update to 120.0.2210.133
www-client/chromium - update to 120.0.6099.109
www-client/google-chrome - update to 120.0.6099.109

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