Arch Linux 2015-09-28 ASA-201509-11 High: Chromium Cross-Origin Bypass

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201509-11
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Severity: High
Date    : 2015-09-28
CVE-ID  : CVE-2015-1303 CVE-2015-1304
Package : chromium
Type    : cross-origin bypass
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE

Summary
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The package chromium before version 45.0.2454.101-1 is vulnerable to
cross-origin bypass.

Resolution
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Upgrade to 45.0.2454.101-1.

# pacman -Syu "chromium>=45.0.2454.101-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 45.0.2454.101.

Workaround
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None.

Description
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- CVE-2015-1303:

Cross-origin bypass in DOM. Credit to Mariusz Mlynski.

- CVE-2015-1304:

Cross-origin bypass in V8. Credit to Mariusz Mlynski.

Impact
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A remote attacker can bypass the cross-origin resource sharing policy,
thus getting access to sensitive data.

References
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https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2015/09/stable-channel-update_24.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1303
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1304