Google Chrome 24.0.1312.71 Media race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome 24.0.1312.71. It has been declared as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Media Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to race condition. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-0893. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Google Chrome 24.0.1312.71 (Web Browser). This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Media Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Race condition in Google Chrome before 25.0.1364.97 on Windows and Linux, and before 25.0.1364.99 on Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to media.

The weakness was shared 02/21/2013 by Andrew Scherkus (Inferno) with Chromium development community as 168570 as confirmed posting (Website). The advisory is shared for download at code.google.com. The vendor cooperated in the coordination of the public release. This vulnerability was named CVE-2013-0893 since 01/07/2013. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a private exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 64859 (FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (dfd92cb2-7d48-11e2-ad48-00262d5ed8ee)), 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 165877 (SUSE Security Update for Chromium: Updated to 27.0.1425 (openSUSE-SU-2013:0454-1)).

Upgrading to version 25.0.1364.97 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 databases at X-Force (82289), Tenable (64859), SecurityFocus (BID 58101†), OSVDB (90535†) and Secunia (SA52320†). The entries VDB-7789, VDB-7790, VDB-7791 and VDB-7792 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Access: Private
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 64859
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (dfd92cb2-7d48-11e2-ad48-00262d5ed8ee)
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OpenVAS ID: 803314
OpenVAS Name: Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 March 2013 (Linux)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 25.0.1364.97

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: 168570
Researcher: Andrew Scherkus (Inferno)
Organization: Chromium development community
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-0893 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-0893
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-7804

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X-Force: 82289
SecurityFocus: 58101 - RETIRED: Google Chrome Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 52320 - Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 90535
Vulnerability Center: 38626 - Google Chrome Before 25.0.1364.97 Race Condition Leads to Remote DoS Vulnerability, Medium

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

Created: 02/26/2013 09:33
Updated: 05/05/2021 14:17
Changes: 02/26/2013 09:33 (86), 04/25/2017 11:30 (3), 05/05/2021 14:17 (3)
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Committer: olku
Cache ID: 216:4F4:103

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