Google Chrome up to 51 denial of service

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Google Chrome up to 51 (Web Browser). This issue affects 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. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63 allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other impact via unknown vectors.

The weakness was released 05/25/2016 by Aleksandar Nikolic (OUSPG) with Cisco Talos as Stable Channel Update, May 2016 as confirmed release notes (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at googlechromereleases.blogspot.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-1695 since 01/12/2016. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 91351 (Google Chrome < 51.0.2704.63 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 196491 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Oxide-qt Vulnerabilities (USN-2992-1)).

Upgrading to version 51.0.2704.63 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at chrome.google.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (91351). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 87298, 87299, 87300 and 87301.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

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Nessus ID: 91351
Nessus Name: Google Chrome < 51.0.2704.63 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)
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OpenVAS ID: 831745
OpenVAS Name: SuSE Update for Chromium openSUSE-SU-2016:1430-1 (Chromium)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 51.0.2704.63

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: Stable Channel Update, May 2016
Researcher: Aleksandar Nikolic (OUSPG)
Organization: Cisco Talos
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-1695 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1035981
SecurityFocus: 90876 - Google Chrome Prior to 51.0.2704.63 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/29/2016 00:31
Updated: 08/22/2022 14:52
Changes: 05/29/2016 00:31 (83), 12/20/2018 08:19 (7), 08/22/2022 14:52 (4)
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