chromium-browser: readAsText() can indefinitely read the file picked by the user, rather than only once at the time the file is picked...
CVE-2018-6109 is fixed in 5 products on 1 platform, first by chromium-browser 66.0.3359.139-0ubuntu0.18.04.3, released June 27, 2019. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.
readAsText() can indefinitely read the file picked by the user, rather than only once at the time the file is picked in File API in Google Chrome prior to 66.0.3359.117 allowed a remote attacker to access data on the user file system without explicit consent via a crafted HTML page.
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | |||
| chromium-browser · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 66.0.3359.139-0ubuntu0.18.04.3 | chromium-browser 66.0.3359.139-0ubuntu0.18.04.3 | Jun 27, 2019 |
| chromium-browser-l10n · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 66.0.3359.139-0ubuntu0.18.04.3 | chromium-browser-l10n 66.0.3359.139-0ubuntu0.18.04.3 | Jun 27, 2019 |
| chromium-chromedriver · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 66.0.3359.139-0ubuntu0.18.04.3 | chromium-chromedriver 66.0.3359.139-0ubuntu0.18.04.3 | Jun 27, 2019 |
| chromium-codecs-ffmpeg · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 66.0.3359.139-0ubuntu0.18.04.3 | chromium-codecs-ffmpeg 66.0.3359.139-0ubuntu0.18.04.3 | Jun 27, 2019 |
| chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 66.0.3359.139-0ubuntu0.18.04.3 | chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra 66.0.3359.139-0ubuntu0.18.04.3 | Jun 27, 2019 |
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