CVE-2016-1699

Publication date 6 June 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

WebKit/Source/devtools/front_end/devtools.js in the Developer Tools (aka DevTools) subsystem in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.79, does not ensure that the remoteFrontendUrl parameter is associated with a chrome-devtools-frontend.appspot.com URL, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted URL.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
chromium-browser	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 51.0.2704.79-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1242
	15.10 wily	Ignored end of life
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 51.0.2704.79-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1121
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored
oxide-qt	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1.15.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
	15.10 wily	Fixed 1.15.7-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1.15.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)