Google Chrome up to 40.0.2214.84 denial of service

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Google Chrome up to 40.0.2214.84 (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91 allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other impact via unknown vectors.

The weakness was presented 01/22/2015 by Christian Holler (fuzztercluck) with Google as 449894 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at code.google.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-1205 since 01/21/2015. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 80898 (FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (e30e0c99-a1b7-11e4-b85c-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 124144 (Apple iTunes Prior to 12.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APPLE-SA-2015-09-16-3)).

Upgrading to version 40.0.2214.85 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at chrome.google.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (80898). See 68824, 68825, 68826 and 68827 for similar entries.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 80898
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (e30e0c99-a1b7-11e4-b85c-00262d5ed8ee)
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OpenVAS ID: 802962
OpenVAS Name: Apple iTunes Multiple Vulnerabilities Sep15 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 40.0.2214.85

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: 449894
Researcher: Christian Holler (fuzztercluck)
Organization: Google
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-1205 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1031623
Vulnerability Center: 52652 - Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91 Remote Unspecified Vulnerability - CVE-2015-1205, Medium
SecurityFocus: 72288 - Google Chrome 40.0.2214.91 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 62575 - Ubuntu update for oxide-qt, Highly Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/27/2015 14:56
Updated: 04/11/2022 16:21
Changes: 03/27/2015 14:56 (61), 12/23/2017 13:15 (19), 04/11/2022 16:14 (3), 04/11/2022 16:21 (1)
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