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Red Hat: CVE-2016-5226: Important: chromium-browser security update (RHSA-2016:2919)

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Red Hat: CVE-2016-5226: Important: chromium-browser security update (RHSA-2016:2919)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
12/07/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/09/2016
Modified
01/17/2018

Description

Blink in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Linux, Windows and Mac executed javascript: URLs entered in the URL bar in the context of the current tab, which allowed a socially engineered user to XSS themselves by dragging and dropping a javascript: URL into the URL bar.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-chromium-browser
  • redhat-upgrade-chromium-browser-debuginfo

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