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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3667-1                   security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/                          Michael Gilbert
September 15, 2016                    https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : chromium-browser
CVE ID         : CVE-2016-5170 CVE-2016-5171 CVE-2016-5172 CVE-2016-5173
                 CVE-2016-5174 CVE-2016-5175 CVE-2016-7395

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the chromium web browser.

CVE-2016-5170

    A use-after-free issue was discovered in Blink/Webkit.

CVE-2016-5171

    Another use-after-free issue was discovered in Blink/Webkit.

CVE-2016-5172

    Choongwoo Han discovered an information leak in the v8 javascript
    library.

CVE-2016-5173

    A resource bypass issue was discovered in extensions.

CVE-2016-5174

    Andrey Kovalev discoved a way to bypass the popup blocker.

CVE-2016-5175

    The chrome development team found and fixed various issues during
    internal auditing.

CVE-2016-7395

    An uninitialized memory read issue was discovered in the skia library.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 53.0.2785.113-1~deb8u1.

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

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 53.0.2785.113-1.

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: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org