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Debian: DSA-4340-1 Critical: Chromium-Browser Memory Access Problem

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Calendar Grey November 18, 2018
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Addresses an out-of-bounds memory issue within Chromium's V8 engine, reinstating earlier behavior. Update is advised.
An out-of-bounds bounds memory access issue was discovered in chromium's v8 javascript library by cloudfuzzer

Summary

An out-of-bounds bounds memory access issue was discovered in chromium's
v8 javascript library by cloudfuzzer.

This update also fixes two problems introduced by the previous security
upload. Support for arm64 has been restored and gconf-service is no longer
a package dependency.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in
version 70.0.3538.102-1~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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Package: chromium-browser
CVE ID: CVE-2018-17478

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