CVE-2015-1269

chromium-browser: Normalization error in HSTS/HPKP preload list

Published Jun 26, 2015 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 1.7% KEV · Not listed
Description
The DecodeHSTSPreloadRaw function in net/http/transport_security_state.cc in Google Chrome before 43.0.2357.130 does not properly canonicalize DNS hostnames before making comparisons to HSTS or HPKP preload entries, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a string that (1) ends in a . (dot) character or (2) is not entirely lowercase.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3315-1 chromium-browser security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-1410 The DecodeHSTSPreloadRaw function in net/http/transport_security_state.cc in Google Chrome before 43.0.2357.130 does not properly canonicalize DNS hostnames before making comparisons to HSTS or HPKP preload entries, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a string that (1) ends in a . (dot) character or (2) is not entirely lowercase.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2652-1 Oxide vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Chrome
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 4:40 AM
Reserved
Jan 21, 2015, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 26, 2015, 2:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:22 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jun 22, 2015, 12:00 AM