CVE-2019-5856: Input Validation

Published May 17, 2019
·
Updated

Insufficient policy enforcement in storage in Google Chrome prior to 76.0.3809.87 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to bypass site isolation via a crafted HTML page.

Credit

Yongke Wang(Tencent's Xuanwu Lab)

Affected Software

3 affected componentsFixes available
Google Chrome<76.0.3809.87
76.0.3809.87
Google Chrome<76.0.3809.87
debian/chromium
150.0.7871.100-1~deb12u1156.0.8078.73-1~deb12u1150.0.7871.181-1~deb13u1156.0.8078.73-1~deb13u1156.0.8078.47-1156.0.8078.79-1

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade Google Chrome (Trace Event) to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 76.0.3809.87
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade debian/chromium to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 150.0.7871.100-1~deb12u1Fixed in 156.0.8078.73-1~deb12u1Fixed in 150.0.7871.181-1~deb13u1Fixed in 156.0.8078.73-1~deb13u1Fixed in 156.0.8078.47-1Fixed in 156.0.8078.79-1

Event History

May 17, 2019
CVE Published
12:00 AM
Nov 25, 2019
CVE Published
via MITRE·02:22 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·02:22 PM
DescriptionWeakness

Parent advisories

This vulnerability appears in the following advisories.

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What must an attacker achieve before this issue can be exploited?

The attacker must first compromise the Chrome renderer process. Exploitation then involves a crafted HTML page to bypass site isolation.

2

Which deployments are known to be affected?

Google Chrome versions prior to 76.0.3809.87 are affected. The listed software also includes Debian Chromium, but no affected Debian package version is provided.

3

Does the available information show that a default Chrome configuration is affected?

No. The data identifies insufficient storage policy enforcement and a site-isolation bypass after renderer compromise, but it does not state whether default configurations are affected or whether site isolation must be enabled.

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