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Gentoo: GLSA-201209-02 Normal: Firefox Remote Exploit Threat

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Calendar Grey August 14, 2012
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several vulnerabilities in Chromium may facilitate code execution or cause service disruption. Users are advised to upgrade to the most recent version.
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 code execution service disruption web browser normal severity Chromium

Resolution

All Chromium users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=www-client/chromium-21.0.1180.57"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2012-2815 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2815 [ 2 ] CVE-2012-2817 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2817 [ 3 ] CVE-2012-2818 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2818 [ 4 ] CVE-2012-2819 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2819 [ 5 ] CVE-2012-2820 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2820 [ 6 ] CVE-2012-2821 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2821 [ 7 ] CVE-2012-2823 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2823 [ 8 ] CVE-2012-2824 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2824 [ 9 ] CVE-2012-2825 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2825 [ 10 ] CVE-2012-2826 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2826 [ 11 ] CVE-2012-2829 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2829 [ 12 ] CVE-2012-2830 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2830 [ 13 ] CVE-2012-2831 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvena......

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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/201208-03
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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: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: August 14, 2012
Bugs: #423719, #426204, #429174
ID: 201208-03

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo code execution service disruption web browser normal severity Chromium

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 < 21.0.1180.57 >= 21.0.1180.57

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, a Denial of Service condition, disclosure of sensitive information, or other unspecified impact.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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