SB2017121306 - Arch Linux update for qt5-webengine
Published: December 13, 2017 Updated: June 14, 2021
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 13 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Spoofing attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15386)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct spoofing attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to an error in Blink. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website and spoof the UI.
2) Spoofing attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15387)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to an error in Blink. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website and bypass content security restrictions.
3) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15388)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to out-of-bounds read in Skia. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website and gain access to arbitrary data.
4) Spoofing attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15390)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to URL spoofing in OmniBox. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website and conduct domain spoofing attacks.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in address spoofing.
5) Security restrictions bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15392)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect registry key handling in PlatformIntegration. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website and bypass security restrictions.
6) Spoofing attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15394)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to URL spoofing in extensions UI. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website and conduct domain spoofing attacks.
7) Universal XSS (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5124)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists in the link modal due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary MHTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
8) Use-after-free error (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5126)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.The weakness exists due to use-after-free error in PDFium. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
9) Use-after-free error (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5127)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.The weakness exists due to use-after-free error in PDFium. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
10) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5128)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.The weakness exists due to heap-based buffer overflow in WebGLk. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
11) Use-after-free error (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5129)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.The weakness exists due to use-after-free error in WebAudio. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
12) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5132)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.The weakness exists due to incorrect stack manipulation in WebAssembly. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
13) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5133)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.The weakness exists due to out-of-bounds write in Skia. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website trigger out-of-bounds error and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.