Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201811-16
=========================================
Severity: Medium
Date    : 2018-11-20
CVE-ID  : CVE-2018-17478
Package : chromium
Type    : information disclosure
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-812

Summary
======
The package chromium before version 70.0.3538.110-1 is vulnerable to
information disclosure.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 70.0.3538.110-1.

# pacman -Syu "chromium>=70.0.3538.110-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 70.0.3538.110.

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

Description
==========
An out of bounds memory access has been found in the V8 component of
the chromium browser before 70.0.3538.110.

Impact
=====
A remote attacker can access sensitive information or crash the browser
via a crafted web page.

References
=========
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=897512
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2018-17478

ArchLinux: 201811-16: chromium: information disclosure

November 20, 2018

Summary

An out of bounds memory access has been found in the V8 component of the chromium browser before 70.0.3538.110.

Resolution

Upgrade to 70.0.3538.110-1. # pacman -Syu "chromium>=70.0.3538.110-1"
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 70.0.3538.110.

References

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=897512 https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2018-17478

Severity
Package : chromium
Type : information disclosure
Remote : Yes
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-812

Workaround

None.

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