78935 : Google Chrome Aborted IndexDB Transaction Handling Remote DoS
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2012-02-08

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2011-3955" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Google Chrome before 17.0.963.46 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors that trigger the aborting of an IndexedDB transaction.

Classification

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

Solution

Upgrade to version 17.0.963.46 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

16.0.912.77

References

Security Tracker: 1026654
CVE ID: 2011-3955 (see also: NVD)
SCIP VulDB ID: 4604
Secunia Advisory ID: 47938 48059
Bugtraq ID: 51911
Related OSVDB ID: 78933 78934 78936 78937 78938 78939 78940 78941 78942 78943 78944 78945 78946 78947 78948 78949 78950 78951 78952
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=93106 [ Auth Req'd ]
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/02/stable-channel-update.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201202-01.xml

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2012-02-09 | Disagree?

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