Debian 9: DSA-4229-2 High: Firefox Security Vulnerabilities Addressed
debian
August 9, 2016
Several vulnerabilites have been discovered in the chromium web browser
Topics Covered
Summary
CVE-2016-5139
GiWan Go discovered a use-after-free issue in the pdfium library.
CVE-2016-5140
Ke Liu discovered a use-after-free issue in the pdfium library.
CVE-2016-5141
Sergey Glazunov discovered a URL spoofing issue.
CVE-2016-5142
Sergey Glazunov discovered a use-after-free issue.
CVE-2016-5143
Gregory Panakkal discovered an issue in the developer tools.
CVE-2016-5144
Gregory Panakkal discovered another issue in the developer tools.
CVE-2016-5146
The chrome development team found and fixed various issues during
internal auditing.
For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 52.0.2743.116-1~deb8u1.
For the testing distribution (stretch), these problems will be fixed soon.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 52.0.2743.116-1.
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...
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Package: chromium-browser
CVE ID: CVE-2016-5139 CVE-2016-5140 CVE-2016-5141 CVE-2016-5142
Topics Covered
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