Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201906-11
=========================================
Severity: High
Date    : 2019-06-14
CVE-ID  : CVE-2019-5842
Package : chromium
Type    : arbitrary code execution
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-981

Summary
======
The package chromium before version 75.0.3770.90-1 is vulnerable to
arbitrary code execution.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 75.0.3770.90-1.

# pacman -Syu "chromium>=75.0.3770.90-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 75.0.3770.90.

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

Description
==========
A use-after-free vulnerability has been found in the Blink component of
the chromium browser before 75.0.3770.90.

Impact
=====
A remote attacker might be able to execute arbitrary code on the
affected host.

References
=========
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_13.html
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2019-5842

ArchLinux: 201906-11: chromium: arbitrary code execution

June 14, 2019

Summary

A use-after-free vulnerability has been found in the Blink component of the chromium browser before 75.0.3770.90.

Resolution

Upgrade to 75.0.3770.90-1. # pacman -Syu "chromium>=75.0.3770.90-1"
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 75.0.3770.90.

References

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_13.html https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2019-5842

Severity
Package : chromium
Type : arbitrary code execution
Remote : Yes
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-981

Workaround

None.

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