CVE-2017-5042: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.7. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Cast in Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Mac, Windows, and Linux and 57.0.2987.108 for Android sent cookies to sites discovered via SSDP, which allowed an attacker on the local network segment to initiate connections to arbitrary URLs and observe any plaintext cookies sent.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only
• Google Chrome: up to and including 57.0.2987.75; up to and including 57.0.2987.100
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: version 6.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: version 6.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: version 6.0 only

Published 2017-04-24. Last modified 2026-06-17.