[Expired for chromium-browser (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]
** Changed in: chromium-browser (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1074127 Title: Opening a web page causes a binary file to be immediately and automatically downloaded Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Expired Bug description: Opening the link below causes a file "x32cxf" to be immediately and automatically downloaded: http://techrights.org/2010/02/17/choice-versus-condition/ No action is needed by the user to cause the download other than opening the web page. It happens every time the page is opened, though sometimes the page closes itself. This should not happen under any circumstances. Firefox can open the page without downloading the file. I have no idea if or how this can be exploited but automatic download seems like a very major security risk. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: chromium-browser 22.0.1229.94~r161065-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Nov 1 22:24:22 2012 Desktop-Session: DESKTOP_SESSION = Lubuntu XDG_CONFIG_DIRS = /etc/xdg/lubuntu/:/etc/xdg/xdg-Lubuntu:/etc/xdg XDG_DATA_DIRS = /etc/xdg/lubuntu:/usr/share/Lubuntu:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/:/usr/share:/usr/share/gdm:/var/lib/menu-xdg DiskUsage: b'Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on\n/dev/sda2 ext4 73G 5.2G 64G 8% /\nudev devtmpfs 474M 4.0K 474M 1% /dev\ntmpfs tmpfs 193M 908K 192M 1% /run\nnone tmpfs 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock\nnone tmpfs 483M 416K 482M 1% /run/shm\nnone tmpfs 100M 20K 100M 1% /run/user\n' Inodes: b'Filesystem Inodes IUsed IFree IUse% Mounted on\n/dev/sda2 4.7M 193K 4.5M 5% /\nudev 119K 544 118K 1% /dev\ntmpfs 121K 454 121K 1% /run\nnone 121K 4 121K 1% /run/lock\nnone 121K 10 121K 1% /run/shm\nnone 121K 19 121K 1% /run/user\n' Env: MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH = None LD_LIBRARY_PATH = None InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-16 (16 days ago) InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64+mac (20121015) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: chromium-browser UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) chromium-default: CHROMIUM_FLAGS="" gconf-keys: /desktop/gnome/applications/browser/exec = b''/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https/command = b''/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https/enabled = b''/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/command = b''/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/enabled = b''/desktop/gnome/session/required_components/windowmanager = b''/apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager = b''/desktop/gnome/interface/icon_theme = b''/desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_theme = b'' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1074127/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp