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| From: | Tim Sammut <underling@g.o> |
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| To: | gentoo-announce@g.o |
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| Subject: | [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201201-17 ] Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities |
| Date: | Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:05:52 |
| Message-Id: | 4F2371EA.3000801@gentoo.org |
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| 2 | Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201201-17 |
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| 4 | http://security.gentoo.org/ |
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| 6 | |
| 7 | Severity: Normal |
| 8 | Title: Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities |
| 9 | Date: January 28, 2012 |
| 10 | Bugs: #400551 |
| 11 | ID: 201201-17 |
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| 14 | |
| 15 | Synopsis |
| 16 | ======== |
| 17 | |
| 18 | Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Chromium, some of which |
| 19 | may allow execution of arbitrary code. |
| 20 | |
| 21 | Background |
| 22 | ========== |
| 23 | |
| 24 | Chromium is an open source web browser project. |
| 25 | |
| 26 | Affected packages |
| 27 | ================= |
| 28 | |
| 29 | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 30 | Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
| 31 | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 32 | 1 www-client/chromium < 16.0.912.77 >= 16.0.912.77 |
| 33 | |
| 34 | Description |
| 35 | =========== |
| 36 | |
| 37 | Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Chromium. Please |
| 38 | review the CVE identifiers and release notes referenced below for |
| 39 | details. |
| 40 | |
| 41 | Impact |
| 42 | ====== |
| 43 | |
| 44 | A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted web |
| 45 | site using Chromium, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary |
| 46 | code with the privileges of the process, or a Denial of Service |
| 47 | condition. |
| 48 | |
| 49 | Workaround |
| 50 | ========== |
| 51 | |
| 52 | There is no known workaround at this time. |
| 53 | |
| 54 | Resolution |
| 55 | ========== |
| 56 | |
| 57 | All Chromium users should upgrade to the latest version: |
| 58 | |
| 59 | # emerge --sync |
| 60 | # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=www-client/chromium-16.0.912.77" |
| 61 | |
| 62 | References |
| 63 | ========== |
| 64 | |
| 65 | [ 1 ] CVE-2011-3924 |
| 66 | http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3924 |
| 67 | [ 2 ] CVE-2011-3925 |
| 68 | http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3925 |
| 69 | [ 3 ] CVE-2011-3926 |
| 70 | http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3926 |
| 71 | [ 4 ] CVE-2011-3927 |
| 72 | http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3927 |
| 73 | [ 5 ] CVE-2011-3928 |
| 74 | http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3928 |
| 75 | [ 6 ] Release Notes 16.0.912.77 |
| 76 | |
| 77 | http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/01/stable-channel-update_23.html |
| 78 | |
| 79 | Availability |
| 80 | ============ |
| 81 | |
| 82 | This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
| 83 | the Gentoo Security Website: |
| 84 | |
| 85 | http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201201-17.xml |
| 86 | |
| 87 | Concerns? |
| 88 | ========= |
| 89 | |
| 90 | Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
| 91 | confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost |
| 92 | importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
| 93 | security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
| 94 | https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
| 95 | |
| 96 | License |
| 97 | ======= |
| 98 | |
| 99 | Copyright 2012 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
| 100 | belongs to its owner(s). |
| 101 | |
| 102 | The contents of this document are licensed under the |
| 103 | Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
| 104 | |
| 105 | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |
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