72782 : Google Chrome Extensions Tabs API Navigation Race Condition Access Restriction Bypass
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2011-06-07

Time to Patch	Time to Vendor Response
78 days	1 days

Description

Google Chrome contains a flaw in the extensions handling that is triggered when handling handling of JavaScript URIs in tabs API. With a specially crafted Chrome Extension (CRX) file, a context-dependent attacker can bypass extension manifest permission restrictions and access content from arbitrary domains, local files, and DOM UI functionality.

Classification

Location: Context Dependent
Attack Type: Race Condition
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: Vendor Verified, Coordinated Disclosure

Solution

Upgrade to version 12.0.742.91 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

11.0.696.77

References

OVAL ID: 14546
CVE ID: 2011-1812 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 44829
Bugtraq ID: 48129
ISS X-Force ID: 67895
Related OSVDB ID: 72778 72779 72780 72781 72783 72784 72785 72786 72787 72788 72789 72790 72791
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=77026
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/06/chrome-stable-release.html
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=78119 [ Auth Req'd ]

Credit

kuzzcc

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2011-06-10 | Disagree? | There are 1 more: View All

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