Google Chrome up to 49 Content Security Policy ResourceFetcher.cpp History information disclosure

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A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome up to 49 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the file FrameFetchContext.cpp/ResourceFetcher.cpp of the component Content Security Policy. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (History). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Content Security Policy (CSP) implementation in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.75, does not ignore a URL's path component in the case of a ServiceWorker fetch, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about visited web pages by reading CSP violation reports, related to FrameFetchContext.cpp and ResourceFetcher.cpp.

The weakness was disclosed 03/06/2016 by Egor Homakov (Website). The advisory is shared at codereview.chromium.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-2845 since 03/04/2016. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/09/2022). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 89865 (Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 15.10 : oxide-qt vulnerabilities (USN-2920-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 196429 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Oxide-qt Vulnerabilities (USN-2920-1)).

Upgrading to version 49.0.2623.75 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at chrome.google.com. A possible mitigation has been published 4 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (89865).

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
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Name: History
Class: Information disclosure / History
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 89865
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 15.10 : oxide-qt vulnerabilities (USN-2920-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 801855
OpenVAS Name: Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities Mar16 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 49.0.2623.75

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: USN-2920-1
Researcher: Egor Homakov
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-2845 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1035185
Vulnerability Center: 57029 - Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.75 Remote Sensitive Information Disclosure due to CSP Implementation in Blink, Medium
SecurityFocus: 84168 - Google Chrome CVE-2016-2845 Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 03/06/2016 19:09
Updated: 07/09/2022 10:36
Changes: 03/06/2016 19:09 (66), 09/01/2018 08:48 (25), 07/09/2022 10:36 (4)
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Cache ID: 3:FBB:103

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