Google Chrome 21.0.1180.89 IPC information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Google Chrome 21.0.1180.89. This impacts an unknown function of the component IPC Handler. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2012-2891. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Google Chrome 21.0.1180.89 (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component IPC Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. 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. CVE summarizes:

The IPC implementation in Google Chrome before 22.0.1229.79 allows attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information about memory addresses via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was shared 09/25/2012 by Lei Zhang (Slawomir Blazek) with Chromium Development Community as 2012-2891 as confirmed posting (MITRE CVE). The advisory is available at cve.mitre.org. The vendor cooperated in the coordination of the public release. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-2891 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 private exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 62340 (FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (5bae2ab4-0820-11e2-be5f-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 165397 (SUSE Security Update for Chromium (openSUSE-SU-2012:1376-1)).

Upgrading to version 22.0.1229.79 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 (78842), Tenable (62340), SecurityFocus (BID 55676†), OSVDB (85753†) and Secunia (SA50759†). The entries VDB-6550, VDB-6551, VDB-6552 and VDB-6553 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: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Private
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 62340
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (5bae2ab4-0820-11e2-be5f-00262d5ed8ee)
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OpenVAS ID: 72445
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: chromium
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 22.0.1229.79
Patch: src.chromium.org

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09/25/2012 +129 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: 2012-2891
Researcher: Lei Zhang (Slawomir Blazek)
Organization: Chromium Development Community
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-2891 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-2891
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-6554

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X-Force: 78842 - Google Chrome CVE-2012-2891 address leak over IPC, Low Risk
SecurityFocus: 55676 - Google Chrome Prior to 22.0.1229.79 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 50759 - Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 85753
Vulnerability Center: 37076 - Google Chrome <22.0.1229.79 Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability via Unspecified Vectors, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/01/2012 14:31
Updated: 04/14/2021 13:49
Changes: 10/01/2012 14:31 (92), 04/20/2017 14:21 (2), 04/14/2021 13:49 (3)
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Committer: olku
Cache ID: 216::103

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