Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-1703

047910
CVSS 8.8 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
google
debian
canonical
redhat
suse
opensuse
nessus
NVD
Published: 2016-06-05
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.79 allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other impact via unknown vectors.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Google
3763
OS
Debian
1
OS
Canonical
3
OS
Redhat
3
OS
Suse
1
OS
Opensuse
2

Nessus

  • NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
    NASL idUBUNTU_USN-2992-1.NASL
    descriptionAn unspecified security issue was discovered in Blink. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to bypass same-origin restrictions. (CVE-2016-1673) An issue was discovered with Document reattachment in Blink in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to bypass same-origin restrictions. (CVE-2016-1675) A type confusion bug was discovered in V8. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2016-1677) A heap overflow was discovered in V8. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-1678) A use-after-free was discovered in the V8ValueConverter implementation in Chromium in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-1679) A use-after-free was discovered in Skia. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-1680) A security issue was discovered in ServiceWorker registration in Blink in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to bypass Content Security Policy (CSP) protections. (CVE-2016-1682) An out-of-bounds memory access was discovered in libxslt. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-1683) An integer overflow was discovered in libxslt. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service (application crash or resource consumption). (CVE-2016-1684) An out-of-bounds read was discovered in the regular expression implementation in V8. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service (application crash). (CVE-2016-1688) A heap overflow was discovered in Chromium. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-1689) A heap overflow was discovered in Skia. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-1691) It was discovered that Blink permits cross-origin loading of stylesheets by a service worker even when the stylesheet download has an incorrect MIME type. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to bypass same-origin restrictions. (CVE-2016-1692) Multiple security issues were discovered in Chromium. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to read uninitialized memory, cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-1695, CVE-2016-1703) It was discovered that Blink does not prevent frame navigation during DocumentLoader detach operations. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to bypass same-origin restrictions. (CVE-2016-1697) A parameter sanitization bug was discovered in the devtools subsystem in Blink. An attacker could potentially exploit this to bypass intended access restrictions. (CVE-2016-1699) An out-of-bounds read was discovered in Skia. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service (application crash). (CVE-2016-1702). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id91498
    published2016-06-07
    reporterUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2016-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/91498
    titleUbuntu 14.04 LTS / 15.10 / 16.04 LTS : oxide-qt vulnerabilities (USN-2992-1)
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2992-1. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See 
# <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered 
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(91498);
  script_version("2.15");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/09/18 12:31:45");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-1673", "CVE-2016-1675", "CVE-2016-1677", "CVE-2016-1678", "CVE-2016-1679", "CVE-2016-1680", "CVE-2016-1682", "CVE-2016-1683", "CVE-2016-1684", "CVE-2016-1688", "CVE-2016-1689", "CVE-2016-1691", "CVE-2016-1692", "CVE-2016-1695", "CVE-2016-1697", "CVE-2016-1699", "CVE-2016-1702", "CVE-2016-1703");
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"2992-1");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 15.10 / 16.04 LTS : oxide-qt vulnerabilities (USN-2992-1)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for updated package.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"An unspecified security issue was discovered in Blink. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit this to bypass same-origin restrictions.
(CVE-2016-1673)

An issue was discovered with Document reattachment in Blink in some
circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially
crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to bypass
same-origin restrictions. (CVE-2016-1675)

A type confusion bug was discovered in V8. If a user were tricked in
to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially
exploit this to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2016-1677)

A heap overflow was discovered in V8. If a user were tricked in to
opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially
exploit this to cause a denial of service (application crash) or
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-1678)

A use-after-free was discovered in the V8ValueConverter implementation
in Chromium in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to
opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially
exploit this to cause a denial of service (application crash) or
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-1679)

A use-after-free was discovered in Skia. If a user were tricked in to
opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially
exploit this to cause a denial of service (application crash) or
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-1680)

A security issue was discovered in ServiceWorker registration in Blink
in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a
specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this
to bypass Content Security Policy (CSP) protections. (CVE-2016-1682)

An out-of-bounds memory access was discovered in libxslt. If a user
were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker
could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service
(application crash) or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-1683)

An integer overflow was discovered in libxslt. If a user were tricked
in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service (application
crash or resource consumption). (CVE-2016-1684)

An out-of-bounds read was discovered in the regular expression
implementation in V8. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially
crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a
denial of service (application crash). (CVE-2016-1688)

A heap overflow was discovered in Chromium. If a user were tricked in
to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially
exploit this to cause a denial of service (application crash) or
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-1689)

A heap overflow was discovered in Skia. If a user were tricked in to
opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially
exploit this to cause a denial of service (application crash) or
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-1691)

It was discovered that Blink permits cross-origin loading of
stylesheets by a service worker even when the stylesheet download has
an incorrect MIME type. If a user were tricked in to opening a
specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this
to bypass same-origin restrictions. (CVE-2016-1692)

Multiple security issues were discovered in Chromium. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to read uninitialized memory, cause a denial
of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2016-1695, CVE-2016-1703)

It was discovered that Blink does not prevent frame navigation during
DocumentLoader detach operations. If a user were tricked in to opening
a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit
this to bypass same-origin restrictions. (CVE-2016-1697)

A parameter sanitization bug was discovered in the devtools subsystem
in Blink. An attacker could potentially exploit this to bypass
intended access restrictions. (CVE-2016-1699)

An out-of-bounds read was discovered in Skia. If a user were tricked
in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service (application
crash). (CVE-2016-1702).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://usn.ubuntu.com/2992-1/"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected liboxideqtcore0 package."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:liboxideqtcore0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/06/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/06/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/06/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2016-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("ubuntu.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");

if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/Ubuntu/release");
if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu");
release = chomp(release);
if (! preg(pattern:"^(14\.04|15\.10|16\.04)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 14.04 / 15.10 / 16.04", "Ubuntu " + release);
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Ubuntu", cpu);

flag = 0;

if (ubuntu_check(osver:"14.04", pkgname:"liboxideqtcore0", pkgver:"1.15.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"15.10", pkgname:"liboxideqtcore0", pkgver:"1.15.7-0ubuntu0.15.10.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"16.04", pkgname:"liboxideqtcore0", pkgver:"1.15.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.1")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
    extra      : ubuntu_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "liboxideqtcore0");
}
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-3594.NASL
    descriptionSeveral vulnerabilities have been discovered in the chromium web browser. - CVE-2016-1696 A cross-origin bypass was found in the bindings to extensions. - CVE-2016-1697 Mariusz Mlynski discovered a cross-origin bypass in Blink/Webkit. - CVE-2016-1698 Rob Wu discovered an information leak. - CVE-2016-1699 Gregory Panakkal discovered an issue in the Developer Tools feature. - CVE-2016-1700 Rob Wu discovered a use-after-free issue in extensions. - CVE-2016-1701 Rob Wu discovered a use-after-free issue in the autofill feature. - CVE-2016-1702 cloudfuzzer discovered an out-of-bounds read issue in the skia library.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id91473
    published2016-06-06
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/91473
    titleDebian DSA-3594-1 : chromium-browser - security update
  • NASL familyWindows
    NASL idGOOGLE_CHROME_51_0_2704_79.NASL
    descriptionThe version of Google Chrome installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 51.0.2704.79. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - A cross-origin bypass issue exists in Extension bindings. No other details are available. (CVE-2016-1696) - A cross-origin bypass issue exists in Blink. No other details are available. (CVE-2016-1697) - An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Extension bindings. No other details are available. (CVE-2016-1698) - A flaw exists in DevTools due to a failure to sanitize a parameter. No other details are available. (CVE-2016-1699) - A use-after-free error exists in Extensions. No other details are available. (CVE-2016-1700) - A use-after-free error exists in Autofill. No other details are available. (CVE-2016-1701) - An out-of-bounds read error exists in Skia. No other details are available. (CVE-2016-1702) - Multiple unspecified issues exists that were found by internal auditing, fuzzing, etc. No other details are available. (CVE-2016-1703)
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id91455
    published2016-06-03
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/91455
    titleGoogle Chrome < 51.0.2704.79 Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2016-1489.NASL
    descriptionChromium was updated to 51.0.2704.79 to fix a number of security issues. [boo#982719] - CVE-2016-1696: Cross-origin bypass in Extension bindings - CVE-2016-1697: Cross-origin bypass in Blink - CVE-2016-1698: Information leak in Extension bindings - CVE-2016-1699: Parameter sanitization failure in DevTools - CVE-2016-1700: Use-after-free in Extensions - CVE-2016-1701: Use-after-free in Autofill - CVE-2016-1702: Out-of-bounds read in Skia - CVE-2016-1703: Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2016-06-07
    plugin id91492
    published2016-06-07
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/91492
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : Chromium (openSUSE-2016-1489)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2016-682.NASL
    descriptionChromium was updated to 51.0.2704.79 to fix the following vulnerabilities : - CVE-2016-1696: Cross-origin bypass in Extension bindings - CVE-2016-1697: Cross-origin bypass in Blink - CVE-2016-1698: Information leak in Extension bindings - CVE-2016-1699: Parameter sanitization failure in DevTools - CVE-2016-1700: Use-after-free in Extensions - CVE-2016-1701: Use-after-free in Autofill - CVE-2016-1702: Out-of-bounds read in Skia - CVE-2016-1703: Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives Also includes vulnerabilities fixed in 51.0.2704.63 (boo#981886) : - CVE-2016-1672: Cross-origin bypass in extension bindings - CVE-2016-1673: Cross-origin bypass in Blink - CVE-2016-1674: Cross-origin bypass in extensions - CVE-2016-1675: Cross-origin bypass in Blink - CVE-2016-1676: Cross-origin bypass in extension bindings - CVE-2016-1677: Type confusion in V8 - CVE-2016-1678: Heap overflow in V8 - CVE-2016-1679: Heap use-after-free in V8 bindings - CVE-2016-1680: Heap use-after-free in Skia - CVE-2016-1681: Heap overflow in PDFium - CVE-2016-1682: CSP bypass for ServiceWorker - CVE-2016-1683: Out-of-bounds access in libxslt - CVE-2016-1684: Integer overflow in libxslt - CVE-2016-1685: Out-of-bounds read in PDFium - CVE-2016-1686: Out-of-bounds read in PDFium - CVE-2016-1687: Information leak in extensions - CVE-2016-1688: Out-of-bounds read in V8 - CVE-2016-1689: Heap buffer overflow in media - CVE-2016-1690: Heap use-after-free in Autofill - CVE-2016-1691: Heap buffer-overflow in Skia - CVE-2016-1692: Limited cross-origin bypass in ServiceWorker - CVE-2016-1693: HTTP Download of Software Removal Tool - CVE-2016-1694: HPKP pins removed on cache clearance - CVE-2016-1695: Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2016-06-06
    plugin id91485
    published2016-06-06
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/91485
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : Chromium (openSUSE-2016-682)
  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2016-1201.NASL
    descriptionAn update for chromium-browser is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. Chromium is an open source web browser, powered by WebKit (Blink). This update upgrades Chromium to version 51.0.2704.79. Security Fix(es) : * Multiple flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Chromium to crash, execute arbitrary code, or disclose sensitive information when visited by the victim. (CVE-2016-1696, CVE-2016-1697, CVE-2016-1703, CVE-2016-1698, CVE-2016-1699, CVE-2016-1700, CVE-2016-1701, CVE-2016-1702)
    last seen2020-05-31
    modified2016-06-03
    plugin id91449
    published2016-06-03
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/91449
    titleRHEL 6 : chromium-browser (RHSA-2016:1201)
  • NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
    NASL idMACOSX_GOOGLE_CHROME_51_0_2704_79.NASL
    descriptionThe version of Google Chrome installed on the remote Mac OS X host is prior to 51.0.2704.79. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - A cross-origin bypass issue exists in Extension bindings. No other details are available. (CVE-2016-1696) - A cross-origin bypass issue exists in Blink. No other details are available. (CVE-2016-1697) - An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Extension bindings. No other details are available. (CVE-2016-1698) - A flaw exists in DevTools due to a failure to sanitize a parameter. No other details are available. (CVE-2016-1699) - A use-after-free error exists in Extensions. No other details are available. (CVE-2016-1700) - A use-after-free error exists in Autofill. No other details are available. (CVE-2016-1701) - An out-of-bounds read error exists in Skia. No other details are available. (CVE-2016-1702) - Multiple unspecified issues exists that were found by internal auditing, fuzzing, etc. No other details are available. (CVE-2016-1703)
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id91456
    published2016-06-03
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/91456
    titleGoogle Chrome < 51.0.2704.79 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)
  • NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
    NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_C039A7612C2911E689123065EC8FD3EC.NASL
    descriptionGoogle Chrome Releases reports : 15 security fixes in this release, including : - 601073] High CVE-2016-1696: Cross-origin bypass in Extension bindings. Credit to anonymous. - [613266] High CVE-2016-1697: Cross-origin bypass in Blink. Credit to Mariusz Mlynski. - [603725] Medium CVE-2016-1698: Information leak in Extension bindings. Credit to Rob Wu. - [607939] Medium CVE-2016-1699: Parameter sanitization failure in DevTools. Credit to Gregory Panakkal. - [608104] Medium CVE-2016-1700: Use-after-free in Extensions. Credit to Rob Wu. - [608101] Medium CVE-2016-1701: Use-after-free in Autofill. Credit to Rob Wu. - [609260] Medium CVE-2016-1702: Out-of-bounds read in Skia. Credit to cloudfuzzer. - [616539] CVE-2016-1703: Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id91491
    published2016-06-07
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/91491
    titleFreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (c039a761-2c29-11e6-8912-3065ec8fd3ec)

Redhat

advisories
rhsa
idRHSA-2016:1201
rpms
  • chromium-browser-0:51.0.2704.79-1.el6
  • chromium-browser-debuginfo-0:51.0.2704.79-1.el6

References