Google Chrome prior 8.0.552.209 race condition

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Google Chrome (Web Browser). Affected is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Race condition in Google Chrome before 15.0.874.102 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to worker process initialization.

The weakness was shared 10/25/2011 by Sergey Glazunov (Inferno) with Chromium Development Community (Website). The advisory is available at oval.mitre.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2011-3878 since 10/01/2011. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

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 119708 (Google Chrome Prior to 15.0.874.102 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 (70956) and Tenable (51069). The entries 4341, 6511, 56943 and 56942 are related to this item.

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Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Remote: Yes

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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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12/08/2010 🔍
10/01/2011 +297 days 🔍
10/25/2011 +24 days 🔍
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08/13/2013 +658 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +587 days 🔍
11/24/2021 +2438 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: oval.mitre.org
Researcher: Sergey Glazunov (Inferno)
Organization: Chromium Development Community
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-3878 (🔍)
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X-Force: 70956
Vulnerability Center: 41025 - Google Chrome Before 15.0.874.102 Remote DoS and Unspecified Vulnerability via Worker Process Initialization, Medium
SecurityFocus: 50360 - Google Chrome Prior to 15.0.874.102 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

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Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/24/2021 17:04
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (68), 05/08/2017 09:15 (8), 11/24/2021 17:04 (3)
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