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Gentoo: GLSA-202301-15 Moderate: Firefox Security Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey January 28, 2012
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several security flaws identified in Chromium could potentially enable arbitrary code execution. Gentoo users are recommended to update their systems.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Chromium, some of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Chromium. Please review the CVE identifiers and release notes referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo software update code execution remote access chromium severity normal

Resolution

All Chromium users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=www-client/chromium-16.0.912.77"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2011-3924 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3924 [ 2 ] CVE-2011-3925 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3925 [ 3 ] CVE-2011-3926 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3926 [ 4 ] CVE-2011-3927 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3927 [ 5 ] CVE-2011-3928 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3928 [ 6 ] Release Notes 16.0.912.77 https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2012/01/stable-channel-update_23.html

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201201-17
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: January 28, 2012
Bugs: #400551
ID: 201201-17

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo software update code execution remote access chromium severity normal

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Chromium, some of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Chromium is an open source web browser project.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-client/chromium < 16.0.912.77 >= 16.0.912.77

Impact

===== A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted web site using Chromium, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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