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Debian 8: DSA-3531-1 Critical: Chromium Browser Security Update

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Calendar Grey March 26, 2016
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Enhance your Chromium browser to resolve various vulnerabilities identified in Debian DSA-3532-1.
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the chromium web browser

Summary

CVE-2016-1646

Wen Xu discovered an out-of-bounds read issue in the v8 library.

CVE-2016-1647

A use-after-free issue was discovered.

CVE-2016-1648

A use-after-free issue was discovered in the handling of extensions.

CVE-2016-1649

lokihardt discovered a buffer overflow issue in the Almost Native
Graphics Layer Engine (ANGLE) library.

CVE-2016-1650

The chrome development team found and fixed various issues during
internal auditing. Also multiple issues were fixed in the v8
javascript library, version 4.9.385.33.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 49.0.2623.108-1~deb8u1.

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

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 49.0.2623.108-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your chromum-browser packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
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Package: chromum-browser
CVE ID: CVE-2016-1646 CVE-2016-1647 CVE-2016-1648 CVE-2016-1649

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