76545 : Google Chrome History Handling URL Bar Spoofing Weakness
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2011-10-25

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2011-2845" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Google Chrome before 15.0.874.102 does not properly handle history data, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to spoof the URL bar via unspecified vectors.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access, Context Dependent
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Private
Disclosure: Vendor Verified, Coordinated Disclosure
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 15.0.874.102 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Google, Inc.

Chrome

14.0.835.202

References

OVAL ID: 13044
CVE ID: 2011-2845 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 46594 46636 46974 50058 50586
Bugtraq ID: 50360
Related OSVDB ID: 76546 76547 76548 76549 76550 76551 76552 76553 76554 76555 76556 76557 76558 76559 76560 76561 76562
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=86758 [ Auth Req'd ]
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/10/chrome-stable-release.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201111-01.xml
http://www.srware.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=2753
Mail List Post: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Jul/msg00000.html
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5400
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 6.8
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2011-10-26 | Disagree?

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