CVE-2018-6052 Information disclosure in Chrome

What is CVE-2018-6052?

CVE-2018-6052 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 25 Sep 2018. 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

Lack of support for a non standard no-referrer policy value in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 64.0.3282.119 allowed a remote attacker to obtain referrer details from a web page that had thought it had opted out of sending referrer data.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-6052?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Google Chrome, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server, Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation.

How do I fix CVE-2018-6052?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2018-6052 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-6052 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Debian Debian Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-jxff-gp9v-x33h, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6052.