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[Full-disclosure] Secunia Research: Google Chrome Pop-Up Block Menu Handling Vulnerability
From: Secunia Research <remove-vuln_at_nospam>Date: Tue Jan 26 2010 - 09:24:05 GMT
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Secunia Research 26/01/2010 - Google Chrome Pop-Up Block Menu Handling Vulnerability -
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Table of Contents Affected Software....................................................1 Severity.............................................................2 Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3 Description of Vulnerability.........................................4 Solution.............................................................5 Time Table...........................................................6 Credits..............................................................7 References...........................................................8 About Secunia........................................................9 Verification........................................................10
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1) Affected Software
- Google Chrome 3.0.195.38
NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.
2) Severity
Rating: Moderately critical
Impact: System compromise
Where: Remote
3) Vendor's Description of Software
"Google Chrome runs web pages and applications with lightning speed.".
Product Link:
http://www.google.com/chrome
4) Description of Vulnerability
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Google Chrome, which can be exploited by malicious people to potentially compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused by a use-after-free error when trying to display a blocked pop-up window while navigating away from the current site.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
5) Solution
Upgrade to version 4.0.249.78.
6) Time Table 30/12/2009 - Vendor notified. 30/12/2009 - Vendor response. 26/01/2010 - Public disclosure.
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7) Credits
Discovered by Jakob Balle and Carsten Eiram, Secunia Research.
8) References
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has not currently assigned a CVE identifier for the vulnerability.
9) About Secunia
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http://secunia.com/advisories/business_solutions/
Secunia also provides a publicly accessible and comprehensive advisory database as a service to the security community and private individuals, who are interested in or concerned about IT-security.
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Secunia believes that it is important to support the community and to do active vulnerability research in order to aid improving the security and reliability of software in general:
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- Verification
Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-65/
Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/
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