Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201602-17
=========================================
Severity: Critical
Date    : 2016-02-21
CVE-ID  : CVE-2016-1629
Package : chromium
Type    : multiple issues
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE

Summary
======
The package chromium before version 48.0.2564.116-1 is vulnerable to
multiple issues.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 48.0.2564.116-1.

# pacman -Syu "chromium>=48.0.2564.116-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 48.0.2564.116.

Workaround
=========
None.

Description
==========
Same-origin bypass in Blink and Sandbox escape in Chrome.

Impact
=====
A remote attacker might be able to execute arbitrary code by getting the
affected user to visit a specially crafted web page.

References
=========
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/02/stable-channel-update_18.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1629

ArchLinux: 201602-17: chromium: multiple issues

February 21, 2016

Summary

Same-origin bypass in Blink and Sandbox escape in Chrome.

Resolution

Upgrade to 48.0.2564.116-1. # pacman -Syu "chromium>=48.0.2564.116-1"
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 48.0.2564.116.

References

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/02/stable-channel-update_18.html https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1629

Severity
Package : chromium
Type : multiple issues
Remote : Yes
Link : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE

Workaround

None.

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