Google Chrome 50 Loader race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Google Chrome 50. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Loader. Such manipulation leads to race condition. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-1670. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Google Chrome 50 (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Loader. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 05/11/2016 by Mariusz Mlynski as Stable Channel Update, May 2016 as confirmed release notes (Blogspot). The advisory is available at googlechromereleases.blogspot.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-1670 since 01/12/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 91157 (RHEL 6 : chromium-browser (RHSA-2016:1080)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 236013 (Red Hat Update for chromium-browser (RHSA-2016:1080)).

Upgrading to version 50.0.2661.102 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 Tenable (91157) and SecurityFocus (BID 90584†). The entries VDB-87298, VDB-87299, VDB-87300 and VDB-87301 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 91157
Nessus Name: RHEL 6 : chromium-browser (RHSA-2016:1080)
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OpenVAS ID: 102036
OpenVAS Name: Google Chrome Security Updates(stable-channel-update-2016-05)-Windows
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 50.0.2661.102

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: Stable Channel Update, May 2016
Researcher: Mariusz Mlynski
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-1670 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-1670
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-87302

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SecurityFocus: 90584 - Google Chrome Prior to 50.0.2661.102 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1035872

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/12/2016 17:59
Updated: 08/19/2022 09:38
Changes: 05/12/2016 17:59 (72), 11/24/2018 12:23 (13), 08/19/2022 09:38 (4)
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Cache ID: 216:790:103

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