CVE-2017-5020

NameCVE-2017-5020
DescriptionGoogle Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for Android, failed to require a user gesture for powerful download operations, which allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-3776-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
chromium-browser (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)57.0.2987.98-1~deb8u1fixed
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch71.0.3578.80-1~deb9u1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
chromium-browsersourcewheezy(unfixed)end-of-life
chromium-browsersourcejessie56.0.2924.76-1~deb8u1DSA-3776-1
chromium-browsersource(unstable)56.0.2924.76-3

Notes

[wheezy] - chromium-browser <end-of-life> (Not supported in Wheezy)

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