Google Chrome 21.0.1180.83 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Google Chrome 21.0.1180.83. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2012-2867. The attack may be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome 21.0.1180.83 (Web Browser). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. 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 availability. CVE summarizes:

The SPDY implementation in Google Chrome before 21.0.1180.89 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was shared 08/30/2012 by Nicolas Gregoire (miaubiz) with Google Security Team as stable-channel-update_30 as confirmed blog post (Website). The advisory is available at googlechromereleases.blogspot.ch. The vendor cooperated in the coordination of the public release. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-2867 since 05/19/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 61744 (FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (ee68923d-f2f5-11e1-8014-00262d5ed8ee)), 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 165389 (SUSE Security Update for Chromium: Update to 21.0.1180.88 (openSUSE-SU-2012:1215-1)).

Upgrading to version 21.0.1180.89 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at chrome.google.com. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at src.chromium.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (78176), Tenable (61744), SecurityFocus (BID 55331†), OSVDB (85032†) and Secunia (SA50447†). The entries VDB-6071, VDB-6072, VDB-6075 and VDB-6076 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.6

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 61744
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (ee68923d-f2f5-11e1-8014-00262d5ed8ee)
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OpenVAS ID: 71827
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: chromium
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 21.0.1180.89
Patch: src.chromium.org

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05/19/2012 🔍
08/30/2012 +103 days 🔍
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09/03/2012 +3 days 🔍
09/04/2012 +1 days 🔍
03/27/2021 +3126 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: stable-channel-update_30
Researcher: Nicolas Gregoire (miaubiz)
Organization: Google Security Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-2867 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-2867
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-6074

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X-Force: 78176 - Google Chrome SPDY denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 55331 - Google Chrome Prior to 21.0.1180.89 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 50447 - Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 85032
Vulnerability Center: 36059 - Google Chrome Before 21.0.1180.89 Remote DoS Vulnerability via Unspecified Vectors, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/03/2012 11:20
Updated: 03/27/2021 17:02
Changes: 09/03/2012 11:20 (84), 04/19/2017 10:30 (10), 03/27/2021 17:02 (2)
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Committer: olku
Cache ID: 216::103

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