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Debian DSA-4024-1: Chromium Browser Stack Overflow and Use-After-Free

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Calendar Grey November 8, 2017
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Uncover essential security patches for the chromium-browser outlined in Debian DSA-4024-1, tackling urgent vulnerabilities for your device.
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the chromium browser
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Summary

CVE-2017-15398

Ned Williamson discovered a stack overflow issue.

CVE-2017-15399

Zhao Qixun discovered a use-after-free issue in the v8 javascript
library.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), security support for chromium has
been discontinued.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in
version 62.0.3202.89-1~deb9u1.

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

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 62.0.3202.89-1.

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/



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Package: chromium-browser
CVE ID: CVE-2017-15398 CVE-2017-15399

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