ArchLinux: 201610-1: chromium: arbitrary code execution
Summary
- CVE-2016-5177 (arbitrary code execution)
Use after free in V8.
- CVE-2016-5178 (arbitrary code execution)
Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives.
Resolution
Upgrade to 53.0.2785.143-1.
# pacman -Syu "chromium>=53.0.2785.143-1"
The problems have been fixed upstream in version 53.0.2785.143.
References
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_29.html https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5177 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5178
Workaround
None.