The AppCacheUpdateJob::URLFetcher::OnResponseStarted function in content/browser/appcache/appcache_update_job.cc in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91 proceeds with AppCache caching for SSL sessions even if there is an X.509 certificate error, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof HTML5 application content via a crafted certificate.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2014-7948 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| Base Score | 6.4 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | None |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (chromium-browser) | RHSA-2015:0093 | 2015-01-27 |
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