First published: Tue Mar 27 2018(Updated: )
A cross origin information leak flaw was found in the Blink component of the Chromium browser. Upstream bug(s): <a href="https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=826187">https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=826187</a> External References: <a href="https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html">https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html</a>
Credit: Ron Masas (Imperva) cve-coordination@google.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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<68.0.3440.75 | 68.0.3440.75 | |
Google Chrome | <68.0.3440.75 | |
redhat/chromium-browser | <68.0.3440.75 | 68.0.3440.75 |
debian/chromium-browser |
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(Found alongside the following vulnerabilities)
CVE-2018-6177 is a vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to leak cross-origin data via a crafted HTML page in Google Chrome prior to version 68.0.3440.75.
CVE-2018-6177 has a severity level of 4.3 which is considered medium.
To fix CVE-2018-6177, update your Google Chrome browser to version 68.0.3440.75 or later.
You can find more information about CVE-2018-6177 at the following references: [link1](https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html), [link2](https://crbug.com/826187), [link3](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-6177)
The CWE for CVE-2018-6177 is CWE-200, which refers to the exposure of sensitive data due to an unexpected code execution path.