CVE-2020-6397 Security feature bypass in Chrome

What is CVE-2020-6397?

CVE-2020-6397 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 11 Feb 2020. 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

Inappropriate implementation in sharing in Google Chrome prior to 80.0.3987.87 allowed a remote attacker to spoof security UI via a crafted HTML page.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-6397?

It affects 8 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome, Opensuse Backports Sle, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server and 2 more.

How do I fix CVE-2020-6397?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2020-6397 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-6397 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 DEBIAN-CVE-2020-6397, GHSA-vhrf-m2v5-c62m, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-6397.