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Gentoo: GLSA-201210-07 Normal: Chromium Multiple Code Execution Risks

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Calendar Grey October 21, 2012
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several security flaws found in Chromium on Gentoo may permit unauthorized code execution and could lead to Denial of Service scenarios.
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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security advisory denial of service code execution arbitrary code gentoo linux normal severity chromium

Resolution

All Chromium users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=www-client/chromium-22.0.1229.94"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2012-2859 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2859 [ 2 ] CVE-2012-2860 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2860 [ 3 ] CVE-2012-2865 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2865 [ 4 ] CVE-2012-2866 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2866 [ 5 ] CVE-2012-2867 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2867 [ 6 ] CVE-2012-2868 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2868 [ 7 ] CVE-2012-2869 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2869 [ 8 ] CVE-2012-2872 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2872 [ 9 ] CVE-2012-2874 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2874 [ 10 ] CVE-2012-2876 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2876 [ 11 ] CVE-2012-2877 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2877 [ 12 ] CVE-2012-2878 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2878 [ 13 ] CVE-2012-2879 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/201210-07
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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: October 21, 2012
Bugs: #433551, #436234, #437664, #437984
ID: 201210-07

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security advisory denial of service code execution arbitrary code gentoo linux 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 < 22.0.1229.94 >= 22.0.1229.94

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, arbitrary file write, a Denial of Service condition, Cross-Site Scripting in SSL interstitial and various Universal Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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