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Debian: DSA-2695-1 Critical: Chromium Browser Remote Issues

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Calendar Grey May 29, 2013
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Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the chromium web browser

Summary

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the chromium web browser.
Multiple use-after-free, out-of-bounds read, memory safety, and
cross-site scripting issues were discovered and corrected.

CVE-2013-2837

Use-after-free vulnerability in the SVG implementation allows remote
attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified
other impact via unknown vectors.

CVE-2013-2838

Google V8, as used in Chromium before 27.0.1453.93, allows
remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read)
via unspecified vectors.

CVE-2013-2839

Chromium before 27.0.1453.93 does not properly perform a cast
of an unspecified variable during handling of clipboard data, which
allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly
have other impact via unknown vectors.

CVE-2013-2840

Use-after-free vulnerability in the media loader in Chromium
before 27.0.1453.93 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
service or possibly have unsp...

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Package: chromium-browser
CVE ID: CVE-2013-2837 CVE-2013-2838 CVE-2013-2839 CVE-2013-2840

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