Gentoo: GLSA-201205-04: Chromium, V8: Multiple vulnerabilities
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Chromium and V8. Please review the CVE identifiers and release notes referenced below for details.
Resolution
All Chromium users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=www-client/chromium-19.0.1084.52"
All V8 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/v8-3.9.24.28"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2011-3103
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3103
[ 2 ] CVE-2011-3104
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3104
[ 3 ] CVE-2011-3105
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3105
[ 4 ] CVE-2011-3106
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3106
[ 5 ] CVE-2011-3107
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3107
[ 6 ] CVE-2011-3108
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3108
[ 7 ] CVE-2011-3109
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3109
[ 8 ] CVE-2011-3111
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3111
[ 9 ] CVE-2011-3115
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3115
[ 10 ] Release Notes 19.0.1084.52
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2012/05/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/201205-04
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.
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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.
Affected Packages
------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-client/chromium < 19.0.1084.52 >= 19.0.1084.52 2 dev-lang/v8 < 3.9.24.28 >= 3.9.24.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.