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CentOS Linux: CVE-2020-6438: Important: chromium-browser security update (CESA-2020:1487)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2020-6438: Important: chromium-browser security update (CESA-2020:1487)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
04/13/2020
Created
04/18/2020
Added
04/17/2020
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 81.0.4044.92 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted Chrome Extension.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-chromium-browser
  • centos-upgrade-chromium-browser-debuginfo

References

  • DSA-4714
  • CVE-2020-6438

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