UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1211

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1211

    Published: 6 Feb 2015Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-1211
    Aliases:
    USN-2495-1

    Summary:

    Details: The OriginCanAccessServiceWorkers function in content/browser/service_worker/service_worker_dispatcher_host.cc in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.111 on Windows, OS X, and Linux and before 40.0.2214.109 on Android does not properly restrict the URI scheme during a ServiceWorker registration, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a filesystem: URI.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1211, https://codereview.chromium.org/889323002, https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=453982, http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/02/stable-channel-update.html, http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/02/chrome-for-android-update.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2495-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1211

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: chromium-browser

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -40.0.2214.111-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1069

    Affected versions

    29.0.1547.65-0ubuntu2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High