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Gentoo: GLSA 201309-16 High: Chromium, V8 Arbitrary Code Execution

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Calendar Grey September 25, 2013
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several security flaws identified in Chromium and V8 could potentially permit remote code execution; users advised to update for protection.
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 high severity gentoo arbitrary code execution multiple issues chromium v8

Resolution

All Chromium users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=www-client/chromium-29.0.1457.57"
All V8 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/v8-3.18.5.14"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2012-5116 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5116 [ 2 ] CVE-2012-5117 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5117 [ 3 ] CVE-2012-5118 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5118 [ 4 ] CVE-2012-5119 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5119 [ 5 ] CVE-2012-5120 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5120 [ 6 ] CVE-2012-5121 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5121 [ 7 ] CVE-2012-5122 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5122 [ 8 ] CVE-2012-5123 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5123 [ 9 ] CVE-2012-5124 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5124 [ 10 ] CVE-2012-5125 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5125 [ 11 ] CVE-2012-5126 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5126 [ 12 ] CVE-2012-5127 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5127 [ 13 ] CVE-2012-5128 http://......

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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/201309-16
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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: High
Title: Chromium, V8: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: September 24, 2013
Bugs: #442096, #444826, #445246, #446944, #451334, #453610,
ID: 201309-16

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security advisory high severity gentoo arbitrary code execution multiple issues 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 < 29.0.1457.57 >= 29.0.1457.57 2 dev-lang/v8 < 3.18.5.14 >= 3.18.5.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Furthermore, a remote attacker may be able to bypass security restrictions or have other, unspecified, impact.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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