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From: Kristian Fiskerstrand <k_f@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201409-06 ] Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 19:08:54
Message-Id: 541C7A83.7060106@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201409-06
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: September 19, 2014
10 Bugs: #522484
11 ID: 201409-06
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Chromium, the worst of
19 which can allow remote attackers to cause Denial of Service.
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21 Background
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24 Chromium is an open-source web browser project.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 www-client/chromium < 37.0.2062.120 >= 37.0.2062.120
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34 Description
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37 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Chromium. Please
38 review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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40 Impact
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43 A remote attacker may be able to cause a Denial of Service condition or
44 possibly have other unspecified impact by leveraging improper handling
45 of render-tree inconsistencies.
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47 Workaround
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50 There is no known workaround at this time.
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52 Resolution
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55 All Chromium users should upgrade to the latest version:
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57 # emerge --sync
58 # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=www-client/chromium-37.0.2062.120"
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60 References
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63 [ 1 ] CVE-2014-3178
64 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3178
65 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-3179
66 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3179
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68 Availability
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71 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
72 the Gentoo Security Website:
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74 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201409-06.xml
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76 Concerns?
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79 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
80 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
81 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
82 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
83 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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85 License
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88 Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
89 belongs to its owner(s).
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91 The contents of this document are licensed under the
92 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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94 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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