CVE-2015-1244 Information

Description

The URLRequest::GetHSTSRedirect function in url_request/url_request.cc in Google Chrome before 42.0.2311.90 does not replace the ws scheme with the wss scheme whenever an HSTS Policy is active which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network for WebSocket traffic.

Reference

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/04/stable-channel-update_14.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00040.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00024.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0816.html http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2570-1 http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3238 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032209 https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/net/+/2359906c4fdfa9d44b045755d23fe5327c10e010 https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=455215 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201506-04 The URLRequest::GetHSTSRedirect function in url_request/url_request.cc in Google Chrome before 42.0.2311.90 does not replace the ws scheme with the wss scheme whenever an HSTS Policy is active which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network for WebSocket traffic.