72209 : Google Chrome Setuid Sandbox Launcher Race Condition Privilege Escalation
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2011-04-27

Time to Patch
41 days

Description

Google Chrome contains a flaw in the sandbox [sandbox/linux/suid/sandbox.c] when creating temporary directories. The issue is triggered as two race-conditions may allow a local attacker to restrict access to arbitrary files and potentially gain root privileges.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: Vendor Verified, Coordinated Disclosure

Solution

Upgrade to version 11.0.696.57 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

10.0.648.205

References

Related OSVDB ID: 72196 72197 72198 72199 72200 72201 72202 72203 72204 72205 72206 72207 72208 72210 72211 72212 72213 72214 72215 72216 72217 72218 72219 72220
OVAL ID: 14372
CVE ID: 2011-1444 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 44375 44665
ISS X-Force ID: 67151
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=76542
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/04/chrome-stable-update.html
http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2011/msg00115.html
Mail List Post: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/May/525
Other Advisory URL: http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2245

Credit

Dan Rosenberg

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 6.8
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2011-05-04 | Disagree? | There are 1 more: View All

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