CVE-2015-1269 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2015-1269?

CVE-2015-1269 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 26 Jun 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The DecodeHSTSPreloadRaw function in net/http/transport_security_state.cc in Google Chrome before 43.0.2357.130 does not properly canonicalize DNS hostnames before making comparisons to HSTS or HPKP preload entries, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a string that (1) ends in a . (dot) character or (2) is not entirely lowercase.

Weakness: CWE-254

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1269?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2015-1269?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2015-1269 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1269 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-p88r-4rfm-cpwf, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1269.