First published: Thu Mar 19 2020(Updated: )
An insufficient policy enforcement flaw was found in the extensions component of the Chromium browser. Upstream bug(s): <a href="https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1031670">https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1031670</a> External References: <a href="https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_18.html">https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_18.html</a>
Credit: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
redhat/chromium-browser | <80.0.3987.149 | 80.0.3987.149 |
Google Chrome | <80.0.3987.149 | |
Debian Debian Linux | =9.0 | |
Debian Debian Linux | =10.0 | |
Fedoraproject Fedora | =30 | |
Fedoraproject Fedora | =31 | |
Fedoraproject Fedora | =32 | |
Opensuse Backports | =sle-15-sp1 | |
debian/chromium | 90.0.4430.212-1~deb10u1 116.0.5845.180-1~deb11u1 120.0.6099.129-1~deb11u1 119.0.6045.199-1~deb12u1 120.0.6099.129-1~deb12u1 120.0.6099.129-1 |
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The vulnerability ID is CVE-2020-6425.
The severity of CVE-2020-6425 is high with a severity value of 5.4.
Google Chrome versions prior to 80.0.3987.149 and Chromium versions prior to 90.0.4430.212-1~deb10u1, 116.0.5845.180-1~deb11u1, 118.0.5993.117-1~deb11u1, 116.0.5845.180-1~deb12u1, 118.0.5993.117-1~deb12u1, 118.0.5993.117-1, and 119.0.6045.105-1 are affected by CVE-2020-6425.
An attacker can exploit CVE-2020-6425 by convincing a user to install a malicious extension in Google Chrome.
To fix CVE-2020-6425, update Google Chrome to version 80.0.3987.149 or later, or update Chromium to version 90.0.4430.212-1~deb10u1, 116.0.5845.180-1~deb11u1, 118.0.5993.117-1~deb11u1, 116.0.5845.180-1~deb12u1, 118.0.5993.117-1~deb12u1, 118.0.5993.117-1, or 119.0.6045.105-1.