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Gentoo: GLSA-202312-04 Urgent: Firefox Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey May 15, 2012
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Various security flaws identified in Chromium may result in remote code execution or service disruption. It is recommended to perform updates.
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 cross-site scripting arbitrary code web browser update recommendation

Resolution

All Chromium users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=www-client/chromium-18.0.1025.168"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2011-3078 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-3078 [ 2 ] CVE-2011-3081 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-3081 [ 3 ] CVE-2012-1521 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1521 [ 4 ] Release Notes 18.0.1025.168 https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2012/04/stable-channel-update_30.html

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201205-01
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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: May 15, 2012
Bugs: #414199
ID: 201205-01

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo cross-site scripting arbitrary code web browser update recommendation

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 < 18.0.1025.168 >= 18.0.1025.168

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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