UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1263
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Summary:
Details: The Spellcheck API implementation in Google Chrome before 43.0.2357.65 does not use an HTTPS session for downloading a Hunspell dictionary, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to deliver incorrect spelling suggestions or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1263, https://codereview.chromium.org/1056103005, https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=479162, http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/05/stable-channel-update_19.html, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1263
Affected packages
Package
Name: chromium-browser
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -43.0.2357.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1089
Affected versions
29.0.1547.65-0ubuntu2
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
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User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
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Confidentiality
None
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Integrity
None
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High
Availability
None
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High
