Arch Linux: ASA-202002-11 High: Chromium Remote Attack Risks

The package chromium before version 80.0.3987.122-1 is vulnerable to multiple issues including arbitrary code execution and information disclosure.

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202002-11
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Severity: High
Date    : 2020-02-25
CVE-ID  : CVE-2020-6407 CVE-2020-6418
Package : chromium
Type    : multiple issues
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1102

Summary
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The package chromium before version 80.0.3987.122-1 is vulnerable to
multiple issues including arbitrary code execution and information
disclosure.

Resolution
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Upgrade to 80.0.3987.122-1.

# pacman -Syu "chromium>=80.0.3987.122-1"

The problems have been fixed upstream in version 80.0.3987.122.

Workaround
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None.

Description
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- CVE-2020-6407 (information disclosure)

An out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability has been found in the
streams component of chromium before 80.0.3987.122.

- CVE-2020-6418 (arbitrary code execution)

A type confusion vulnerability has been found in the V8 component of
chromium before 80.0.3987.122.

Impact
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A remote attacker can access sensitive information or execute arbitrary
code on the affected host.

References
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https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_24.html
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-6407
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-6418