Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201604-10
=========================================
Severity: High
Date    : 2016-04-17
CVE-ID  : CVE-2016-1651 CVE-2016-1652 CVE-2016-1653 CVE-2016-1654
CVE-2016-1655 CVE-2016-1657 CVE-2016-1658 CVE-2016-1659
Package : chromium
Type    : multiple issues
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE

Summary
======
The package chromium before version 50.0.2661.75-1 is vulnerable to
multiple issues.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 50.0.2661.75-1.

# pacman -Syu "chromium>=50.0.2661.75-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 50.0.2661.75.

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

Description
==========
- CVE-2016-1651:

Out-of-bounds read in Pdfium JPEG2000 decoding. Credit to kdot working
with HP's Zero Day Initiative.

- CVE-2016-1652:

Universal XSS in extension bindings. Credit to anonymous.

- CVE-2016-1653:

Out-of-bounds write in V8. Credit to Choongwoo Han.

- CVE-2016-1654:

Uninitialized memory read in media. Credit to Atte Kettunen of OUSPG.

- CVE-2016-1655:

Use-after-free related to extensions. Credit to Rob Wu.

- CVE-2016-1657:

Address bar spoofing. Credit to Luan Herrera.

- CVE-2016-1658:

Potential leak of sensitive information to malicious extensions. Credit
to Antonio Sanso (@asanso) of Adobe.

- CVE-2016-1659:

Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives.

Impact
=====
A remote attacker can access sensitive information, bypass security
measures, cause a denial of service or have another unspecified impact
on the affected host.

References
=========
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/04/stable-channel-update_13.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1651
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1652
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1653
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1654
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1655
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1657
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1658
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1659

ArchLinux: 201604-10: chromium: multiple issues

April 17, 2016

Summary

- CVE-2016-1651: Out-of-bounds read in Pdfium JPEG2000 decoding. Credit to kdot working with HP's Zero Day Initiative.
- CVE-2016-1652:
Universal XSS in extension bindings. Credit to anonymous.
- CVE-2016-1653:
Out-of-bounds write in V8. Credit to Choongwoo Han.
- CVE-2016-1654:
Uninitialized memory read in media. Credit to Atte Kettunen of OUSPG.
- CVE-2016-1655:
Use-after-free related to extensions. Credit to Rob Wu.
- CVE-2016-1657:
Address bar spoofing. Credit to Luan Herrera.
- CVE-2016-1658:
Potential leak of sensitive information to malicious extensions. Credit to Antonio Sanso (@asanso) of Adobe.
- CVE-2016-1659:
Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives.

Resolution

Upgrade to 50.0.2661.75-1. # pacman -Syu "chromium>=50.0.2661.75-1"
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 50.0.2661.75.

References

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/04/stable-channel-update_13.html https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1651 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1652 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1653 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1654 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1655 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1657 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1658 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1659

Severity
CVE-2016-1655 CVE-2016-1657 CVE-2016-1658 CVE-2016-1659
Package : chromium
Type : multiple issues
Remote : Yes
Link : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE

Workaround

None.

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