Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published Jan 25, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-1617
CVE-2016-1617
Description
The CSPSource::schemeMatches function in WebKit/Source/core/frame/csp/CSPSource.cpp in the Content Security Policy (CSP) implementation in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 48.0.2564.82, does not apply http policies to https URLs and does not apply ws policies to wss URLs, which makes it easier for remote attackers to determine whether a specific HSTS web site has been visited by reading a CSP report.
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References
12- googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/01/stable-channel-update_20.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00035.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00036.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00046.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0072.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3456nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/81430nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1034801nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2877-1nvd
- code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detailnvd
- codereview.chromium.org/1455973003nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-09nvd
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