Google Chrome prior 61.0.3163.79 Skia information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Google Chrome. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Skia. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2017-5117. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome (Web Browser). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Skia. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Use of an uninitialized value in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 61.0.3163.79 for Linux and Windows allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page.

The bug was discovered 09/05/2017. The weakness was published 09/05/2017 by Wenxu Wu as Stable Channel Update for Desktop, September 2017 as confirmed release notes (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at chromereleases.googleblog.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-5117 since 01/02/2017. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 103539 (Debian DSA-3985-1 : chromium-browser - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370546 (Google Chrome Prior to 61.0.3163.79 Multiple Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 61.0.3163.79 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (103539), SecurityFocus (BID 100610†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1039291†). Similar entries are available at VDB-106309, VDB-106310, VDB-106311 and VDB-106312. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 103539
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-3985-1 : chromium-browser - security update
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OpenVAS ID: 53754
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3985-1 (chromium-browser - security update)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 61.0.3163.79

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: Stable Channel Update for Desktop, September 2017
Researcher: Wenxu Wu
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2017-5117 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-5117
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-106315

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SecurityFocus: 100610 - Google Chrome Prior to 61.0.3163.79 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1039291

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/10/2017 10:27
Updated: 11/14/2019 10:59
Changes: 09/10/2017 10:27 (76), 11/14/2019 10:59 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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