# CVE-2010-2298: browser/renderer\_host/database\_dispatcher\_host.cc in Google Chrome before 5.0.375.70 on Linux does not properly handle ViewHostMsg\_DatabaseO

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2010-06-15 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

browser/renderer_host/database_dispatcher_host.cc in Google Chrome before 5.0.375.70 on Linux does not properly handle ViewHostMsg_DatabaseOpenFile messages in chroot-based sandboxing, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended sandbox restrictions via vectors involving fchdir and chdir calls.

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/40072
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=43304
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14154
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/06/stable-channel-update.html

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