UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1285

Details

The XSSAuditor::canonicalize function in core/html/parser/XSSAuditor.cpp in the XSS auditor in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89, does not properly choose a truncation point, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via an unspecified linear-time attack.

Affected Packages

chromium-browser

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Fixed in:

44.0.2403.89-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1095

oxide-qt

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Fixed in:

1.8.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.2

References

REPORT

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/07/stable-channel-update_21.html

REPORT

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1285

ADVISORY

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2677-1

REPORT

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1285