CVE-2018-6166

NameCVE-2018-6166
DescriptionIncorrect handling of confusable characters in URL Formatter in Google Chrome prior to 68.0.3440.75 allowed a remote attacker to perform domain spoofing via IDN homographs via a crafted domain name.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-4256-1

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~deb8u1vulnerable
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-browsersourcejessie(unfixed)end-of-life
chromium-browsersourcestretch68.0.3440.75-1~deb9u1DSA-4256-1
chromium-browsersource(unstable)68.0.3440.75-1

Notes

[jessie] - chromium-browser <end-of-life> (End of life, see DSA 4020)

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