| Name | CVE-2018-6043 |
| Description | Insufficient data validation in External Protocol Handler in Google Chrome prior to 64.0.3282.119 allowed a remote attacker to potentially execute arbitrary programs on user machine via a crafted HTML page. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-4103-1 |
| NVD severity | medium (attack range: remote) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| chromium-browser (PTS) | jessie (security), jessie | 57.0.2987.98-1~deb8u1 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 69.0.3497.92-1~deb9u1 | fixed | |
| stretch (security) | 71.0.3578.80-1~deb9u1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chromium-browser | source | (unstable) | 64.0.3282.119-1 | medium | ||
| chromium-browser | source | jessie | (unfixed) | end-of-life | ||
| chromium-browser | source | stretch | 64.0.3282.119-1~deb9u1 | medium | DSA-4103-1 | |
| chromium-browser | source | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life |
[jessie] - chromium-browser <end-of-life> (End of life, see DSA 4020)
[wheezy] - chromium-browser <end-of-life> (Not supported in Wheezy)