79292 : Google Chrome Empty x509 Certificate Remote DoS
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2012-02-15

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2011-3024" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Google Chrome before 17.0.963.56 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an empty X.509 certificate.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Private
Disclosure: Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 17.0.963.56 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

17.0.963.46

References

CVE ID: 2011-3024 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 48016 48059 48866
Related OSVDB ID: 79283 79284 79285 79286 79287 79288 79289 79290 79291 79293 79294 79295
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/02/chrome-stable-update.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201202-01.xml
http://www.srware.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=3521
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=112451 [ Auth Req'd ]

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2012-02-17 | Disagree?

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