Google Chrome 24.0.1312.71 WebInputEvent Class WriteData IPC Message information disclosure
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A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome 24.0.1312.71 (Web Browser). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is the function WriteData
of the component WebInputEvent Class. The manipulation as part of a IPC Message leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the IPC layer in Google Chrome before 25.0.1364.97 on Windows and Linux, and before 25.0.1364.99 on Mac OS X, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other impact via unknown vectors.
The weakness was shared 02/21/2013 by Chris Evans with Google Chrome Security Team as Issue 165836 as confirmed bug report (Website). The advisory is shared for download at code.google.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2013-0892 since 01/07/2013. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 64859 (FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (dfd92cb2-7d48-11e2-ad48-00262d5ed8ee)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165877 (SUSE Security Update for Chromium: Updated to 27.0.1425 (openSUSE-SU-2013:0454-1)).
Upgrading to version 25.0.1364.97 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at chrome.google.com. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at trac.webkit.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The bug report contains the following remark:
The fix is to memset() the entire object to 0 for every subclass of WebInputEvent (and any other classes that are used in this way).
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (64859). Further details are available at googlechromereleases.blogspot.com. The entries 7789, 7790, 7791 and 7792 are related to this item.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Information disclosureCWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592
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Nessus ID: 64859
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (dfd92cb2-7d48-11e2-ad48-00262d5ed8ee)
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OpenVAS ID: 803314
OpenVAS Name: Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 March 2013 (Linux)
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Upgrade: Chrome 25.0.1364.97
Patch: trac.webkit.org
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Sources
Vendor: google.comProduct: google.com
Advisory: Issue 165836
Researcher: Chris Evans
Organization: Google Chrome Security Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-0892 (🔍)
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Secunia: 52320 - Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 101166
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Entry
Created: 12/20/2013 09:30Updated: 05/17/2018 08:32
Changes: 12/20/2013 09:30 (79), 05/17/2018 08:32 (6)
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