CVE-2020-15973
Publication date 3 November 2020
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.75 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass same origin policy via a crafted Chrome Extension.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| chromium-browser | 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Fixed 86.0.4240.75-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
|
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 86.0.4240.75-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
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| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
Notes
alexmurray
The Debian chromium source package is called chromium-browser in Ubuntu
mdeslaur
starting with Ubuntu 19.10, the chromium-browser package is just a script that installs the Chromium snap
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:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |