Google Chrome up to 14.0.835.x cryptographic issues

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A vulnerability has been found in Google Chrome up to 14.0.835.x (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issues vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-310. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Google Chrome before 14.0.835.163 does not perform an expected pin operation for a self-signed certificate during a session, which has unspecified impact and remote attack vectors.

The weakness was presented 09/19/2011 by Kostya Serebryany (kuzzcc) with Chromium Development Community (Website). The advisory is available at osvdb.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2011-2874 since 07/20/2011. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1600 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 51069 (FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (6887828f-0229-11e0-b84d-00262d5ed8ee)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 119601 (Google Chrome Prior to 14.0.835.163 Multiple Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 8.0.552.209 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at chrome.google.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (69892), Tenable (51069), SecurityFocus (BID 49658†), OSVDB (75567†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-33340†). See VDB-4341, VDB-6350, VDB-56943 and VDB-56942 for similar entries.

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Class: Cryptographic issues
CWE: CWE-310
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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 51069
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (6887828f-0229-11e0-b84d-00262d5ed8ee)
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OpenVAS ID: 68696
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: chromium
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 8.0.552.209

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09/16/2011 +58 days 🔍
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09/19/2011 +3 days 🔍
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03/23/2015 +1273 days 🔍
01/11/2025 +3582 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: osvdb.org⛔
Researcher: Kostya Serebryany (kuzzcc)
Organization: Chromium Development Community
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2011-2874 (🔍)
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X-Force: 69892
SecurityFocus: 49658 - Google Chrome Prior to 14.0.835.163 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 75567
Vulnerability Center: 33340 - Google Chrome before 14.0.835.163 Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium

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Created: 03/23/2015 04:50 PM
Updated: 01/11/2025 06:50 PM
Changes: 03/23/2015 04:50 PM (62), 04/02/2017 01:54 PM (14), 11/20/2021 01:31 PM (3), 01/11/2025 06:50 PM (18)
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