UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1670

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1670

    Published: 13 May 2016Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-1670
    Aliases:
    USN-2960-1

    Summary:

    Details: Race condition in the ResourceDispatcherHostImpl::BeginRequest function in content/browser/loader/resource_dispatcher_host_impl.cc in Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.102 allows remote attackers to make arbitrary HTTP requests by leveraging access to a renderer process and reusing a request ID.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1670, http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.ca/2016/05/stable-channel-update.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2960-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1670

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: chromium-browser

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -50.0.2661.102-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1117

    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
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