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Debian DSA-4297-1: Critical Chromium-Browser WebAssembly Threat

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Calendar Grey September 19, 2018
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An alert regarding Debian's chromium-browser highlights two security flaws and provides guidance on applying fixes.
Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in the chromium web browser
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security advisory critical Debian patch chromium-browser URL spoofing WebAssembly

Summary

Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in the chromium web browser.
Kevin Cheung discovered an error in the WebAssembly implementation and
evil1m0 discovered a URL spoofing issue.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in
version 69.0.3497.92-1~deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your chromium-browser packages.

For the detailed security status of chromium-browser please refer to
its security tracker page at:

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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security advisory critical Debian patch chromium-browser URL spoofing WebAssembly

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