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Gentoo: GLSA-202310-01 Normal: Python3 Security Vulnerabilities Identified

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Calendar Grey May 21, 2012
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Significant security flaws found in Chromium and V8 can lead to unapproved code execution; Gentoo users must upgrade immediately.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Chromium and V8, some of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Chromium and V8. Please review the CVE identifiers and release notes referenced below for details.

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security advisory gentoo code execution normal severity chromium v8

Resolution

All Chromium users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=www-client/chromium-19.0.1084.46"
All V8 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/v8-3.9.24.21"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2011-3083 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3083 [ 2 ] CVE-2011-3084 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3084 [ 3 ] CVE-2011-3085 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3085 [ 4 ] CVE-2011-3086 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3086 [ 5 ] CVE-2011-3087 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3087 [ 6 ] CVE-2011-3088 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3088 [ 7 ] CVE-2011-3089 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3089 [ 8 ] CVE-2011-3090 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3090 [ 9 ] CVE-2011-3091 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3091 [ 10 ] CVE-2011-3092 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3092 [ 11 ] CVE-2011-3093 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3093 [ 12 ] ......

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Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201205-03
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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, V8: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: May 21, 2012
Bugs: #416119
ID: 201205-03

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security advisory gentoo code execution normal severity chromium v8

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Chromium and V8, some of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Chromium is an open source web browser project. V8 is Google’s open source JavaScript engine.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-client/chromium < 19.0.1084.46 >= 19.0.1084.46 2 dev-lang/v8 < 3.9.24.21 >= 3.9.24.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 affected packages

Impact

===== A context-dependent attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted web site or JavaScript program using Chromium or V8, 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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