Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201705-2
========================================
Severity: High
Date    : 2017-05-03
CVE-ID  : CVE-2017-5068
Package : chromium
Type    : arbitrary code execution
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-260

Summary
======
The package chromium before version 58.0.3029.96-1 is vulnerable to
arbitrary code execution.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 58.0.3029.96-1.

# pacman -Syu "chromium>=58.0.3029.96-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 58.0.3029.96.

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

Description
==========
A race condition issue has been found in the WebRTC component of the
Chromium browser.

Impact
=====
A remote attacker can execute arbitrary code on the affected host.

References
=========
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-5068

ArchLinux: 201705-2: chromium: arbitrary code execution

May 3, 2017

Summary

A race condition issue has been found in the WebRTC component of the Chromium browser.

Resolution

Upgrade to 58.0.3029.96-1. # pacman -Syu "chromium>=58.0.3029.96-1"
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 58.0.3029.96.

References

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-5068

Severity
Package : chromium
Type : arbitrary code execution
Remote : Yes
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-260

Workaround

None.

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