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Debian: DSA-2307-1 Urgent: Chromium Browser Remote Threats

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Calendar Grey September 11, 2011
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The recent patch addresses critical weaknesses found in the chromium-browser, enhancing protection against external attacks and improving SSL protocols.
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the Chromium browser

Summary


Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the Chromium browser.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies
the following problems:

CVE-2011-2818

Use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome allows remote attackers to
cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via
vectors related to display box rendering.


CVE-2011-2800

Google Chrome before allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive
information about client-side redirect targets via a crafted web site.


CVE-2011-2359

Google Chrome does not properly track line boxes during rendering, which
allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have
unspecified other impact via unknown vectors that lead to a "stale pointer."


Several unauthorised SSL certificates have been found in the wild issued
for the DigiNotar Certificate Authority, obtained through a security
compromise with said company.
This update blacklists SSL certificates issued by DigiNotar-controlled
in...

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Package: chromium-browser
CVE ID: CVE-2011-2359 CVE-2011-2800 CVE-2011-2818

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