Arch Linux: ASA-202001-5 Critical: Chromium Multiple Issues

The package chromium before version 79.0.3945.130-1 is vulnerable to multiple issues including arbitrary code execution and insufficient validation.

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202001-5
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Severity: Critical
Date    : 2020-01-17
CVE-ID  : CVE-2020-6378 CVE-2020-6379 CVE-2020-6380
Package : chromium
Type    : multiple issues
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1088

Summary
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The package chromium before version 79.0.3945.130-1 is vulnerable to
multiple issues including arbitrary code execution and insufficient
validation.

Resolution
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Upgrade to 79.0.3945.130-1.

# pacman -Syu "chromium>=79.0.3945.130-1"

The problems have been fixed upstream in version 79.0.3945.130.

Workaround
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None.

Description
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- CVE-2020-6378 (arbitrary code execution)

A use-after-free vulnerability has been found in the speech recognizer
component of the chromium browser before 79.0.3945.130.

- CVE-2020-6379 (arbitrary code execution)

A use-after-free vulnerability has been found in the speech recognizer
component of the chromium browser before 79.0.3945.130.

- CVE-2020-6380 (insufficient validation)

An extension message verification error has been found in the chromium
browser before 79.0.3945.130.

Impact
=====
A remote attacker can bypass security measures or execute arbitrary
code on the affected host.

References
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https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_16.html
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-6378
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-6379
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-6380