The WebRequest API implementation in extensions/browser/api/web_request/web_request_api.cc in Google Chrome before 45.0.2454.85 does not properly consider a request’s source before accepting the request, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted (1) app or (2) extension.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1297
Reference (s):
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/09/stable-channel-update.html
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=510802
- https://codereview.chromium.org/1267183003/
- DEBIAN:DSA-3351
- URL: http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3351