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Debian Wheezy DSA-2930-1 Critical: Chromium Browser Exploit

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Calendar Grey May 17, 2014
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Ubuntu releases security bulletin for firefox addressing severe vulnerabilities and urges users to upgrade for safety.
Several vulnerabilties have been discovered in the chromium web browser
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Summary

CVE-2014-1740

Collin Payne discovered a use-after-free issue in chromium's
WebSockets implementation.

CVE-2014-1741

John Butler discovered multiple integer overflow issues in the
Blink/Webkit document object model implementation.

CVE-2014-1742

cloudfuzzer discovered a use-after-free issue in the Blink/Webkit
text editing feature.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in
version 34.0.1847.137-1~deb7u1.

For the testing distribution (jessie), these problems will be fixed soon.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 34.0.1847.137-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your chromium-browser packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: chromium-browser
CVE ID: CVE-2014-1740 CVE-2014-1741 CVE-2014-1742

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