Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201507-18
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Severity: High
Date    : 2015-07-23
CVE-ID  : CVE-2015-1270 CVE-2015-1271 CVE-2015-1272 CVE-2015-1273
CVE-2015-1274 CVE-2015-1276 CVE-2015-1277 CVE-2015-1278 CVE-2015-1279
CVE-2015-1280 CVE-2015-1281 CVE-2015-1282 CVE-2015-1283 CVE-2015-1284
CVE-2015-1285 CVE-2015-1286 CVE-2015-1287 CVE-2015-1288 CVE-2015-1289
Package : chromium
Type    : multiple issues
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE

Summary
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The package chromium before version 44.0.2403.89-1 is vulnerable to
multiple issues including but not limited to denial of service, CSP and
SOP bypass and spell-checking dictionaries hijack.

Resolution
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Upgrade to 44.0.2403.89-1.

# pacman -Syu "chromium>=44.0.2403.89-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 44.0.2403.89.

Workaround
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None.

Description
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- CVE-2015-1270:

Uninitialized memory read in ICU.

- CVE-2015-1271:

Heap overflow in pdfium.

- CVE-2015-1272, CVE-2015-1273, CVE-2015-1279:

Use-after-free related to unexpected GPU process termination.

- CVE-2015-1274:

Settings allowed executable files to run immediately after download.

- CVE-2015-1276 :

Use-after-free in IndexedDB.

- CVE-2015-1277:

Use-after-free in accessibility.

- CVE-2015-1278:

URL spoofing using pdf files.

- CVE-2015-1280:

Memory corruption in skia.

- CVE-2015-1281:

CSP bypass.

- CVE-2015-1282:

Use-after-free in pdfium.

- CVE-2015-1283:

Heap-buffer-overflow in expat.

- CVE-2015-1284:

Use-after-free in blink.

- CVE-2015-1285:

Information leak in XSS auditor.

- CVE-2015-1286:

UXSS in blink.

- CVE-2015-1287:

SOP bypass with CSS.

- CVE-2015-1288:

Spell checking dictionaries fetched over HTTP.

- CVE-2015-1289:

Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives.

Impact
=====
A remote attacker can bypass the Same-Origin Policy or the Content
Security Policy of a website, hijack spell-checking dictionaries, cause
a denial of service or have other unspecified impact.

References
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https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2015/07/stable-channel-update_21.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1270
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1271
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1272
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1273
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1274
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1276
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1277
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1278
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1279
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1280
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1281
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1282
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1283
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1284
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1285
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1286
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1287
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1288
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1289