Google Chrome 40.0.2214.85 AppCache cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Google Chrome 40.0.2214.85. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component AppCache. The manipulation leads to cryptographic issue. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2014-7948. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome 40.0.2214.85 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component AppCache. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-310. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was shared 01/21/2015 by Christian Holler (jiayaoqijia) with Google as Stable Channel Update, January 2015 as confirmed release notes (Blog). The advisory is shared at googlechromereleases.blogspot.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-7948. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1600 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 80898 (FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (e30e0c99-a1b7-11e4-b85c-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 123188 (Google Chrome Prior to 40.0.2214.91 Multiple Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 40.0.2214.0 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 release notes contains the following remark:

This update includes 62 security fixes. Below, we highlight fixes that were contributed by external researchers.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (100319), Tenable (80898), SecurityFocus (BID 72288†), Secunia (SA62575†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1031623†). chromium.googlesource.com is providing further details. The entries VDB-68824, VDB-68825, VDB-68826 and VDB-68827 are related to this item. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Cryptographic issue
CWE: CWE-310
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Nessus ID: 80898
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (e30e0c99-a1b7-11e4-b85c-00262d5ed8ee)
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OpenVAS ID: 803400
OpenVAS Name: Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities -02 Jan15 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 40.0.2214.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: Stable Channel Update, January 2015
Researcher: Christian Holler (jiayaoqijia)
Organization: Google
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-7948 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-7948
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-68849
X-Force: 100319 - Google Chrome AppCache unspecified, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 72288 - Google Chrome 40.0.2214.91 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 62575 - Ubuntu update for oxide-qt, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1031623 - Google Chrome Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Deny Service
Vulnerability Center: 48216 - Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91 Remote Spoofing via a Crafted Certificate - CVE-2014-7948, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/27/2015 09:42
Updated: 12/11/2024 00:38
Changes: 01/27/2015 09:42 (80), 06/18/2017 09:31 (11), 03/07/2022 07:07 (4), 03/07/2022 07:14 (1), 12/11/2024 00:38 (16)
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Cache ID: 216:C57:103

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