Arch Linux: ASA-201606-20 Critical: Chromium Arbitrary Code Execution

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201606-20
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Severity: Critical
Date    : 2016-06-25
CVE-ID  : CVE-2016-1704
Package : chromium
Type    : arbitrary code execution
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE

Summary
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The package chromium before version 51.0.2704.103-1 is vulnerable to
arbitrary code execution.

Resolution
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Upgrade to 51.0.2704.103-1.

# pacman -Syu "chromium>=51.0.2704.103-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 51.0.2704.103.

Workaround
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None.

Description
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Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives,
including multiple issues in the processing of malformed web content.

Impact
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A remote attacker might be able to cause a denial of service, access
sensitive information or execute arbitrary code on the affected host via
a specially crafted web page.

References
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https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/06/stable-channel-update_16.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1704