Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202012-14
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Severity: High
Date    : 2020-12-09
CVE-ID  : CVE-2020-16037 CVE-2020-16038 CVE-2020-16039 CVE-2020-16040
          CVE-2020-16041 CVE-2020-16042
Package : chromium
Type    : multiple issues
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1323

Summary
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The package chromium before version 87.0.4280.88-1 is vulnerable to
multiple issues including arbitrary code execution, information
disclosure, insufficient validation and denial of service.

Resolution
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Upgrade to 87.0.4280.88-1.

# pacman -Syu "chromium>=87.0.4280.88-1"

The problems have been fixed upstream in version 87.0.4280.88.

Workaround
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None.

Description
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- CVE-2020-16037 (arbitrary code execution)

A use after free security issue has been found in the clipboard
component of the chromium browser before version 87.0.4280.88.

- CVE-2020-16038 (arbitrary code execution)

A use after free security issue has been found in the media component
of the chromium browser before version 87.0.4280.88.

- CVE-2020-16039 (arbitrary code execution)

A use after free security issue has been found in the extensions
component of the chromium browser before version 87.0.4280.88.

- CVE-2020-16040 (insufficient validation)

An insufficient data validation security issue has been found in the V8
component of the chromium browser before version 87.0.4280.88.

- CVE-2020-16041 (denial of service)

An out of bounds read security issue has been found in the networking
component of the chromium browser before version 87.0.4280.88.

- CVE-2020-16042 (information disclosure)

An uninitialized use security issue has been found in the V8 component
of the chromium browser before version 87.0.4280.88 and Firefox before
84.0.

Impact
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A remote attacker might be able to crash the application, read memory
or execute arbitrary code.

References
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https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-54/#CVE-2020-16042
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1679003
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-16037
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-16038
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-16039
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-16040
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-16041
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-16042