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Gentoo: GLSA-201403-01 Normal: Chromium and V8 Code Execution Risks

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Calendar Grey March 5, 2014
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Recent security flaws in Chromium and V8 can lead to unauthorized code execution. It's advisable to update your systems promptly to reduce exposure on Gentoo Linux.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Chromium and V8, worst 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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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo code execution web browser normal severity chromium v8

Resolution

All chromium users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/chromium-33.0.1750.146"
Gentoo has discontinued support for separate V8 package. We recommend that users unmerge V8:
# emerge --unmerge "dev-lang/v8"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2013-2906 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2906 [ 2 ] CVE-2013-2907 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2907 [ 3 ] CVE-2013-2908 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2908 [ 4 ] CVE-2013-2909 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2909 [ 5 ] CVE-2013-2910 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2910 [ 6 ] CVE-2013-2911 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2911 [ 7 ] CVE-2013-2912 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2912 [ 8 ] CVE-2013-2913 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2913 [ 9 ] CVE-2013-2915 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2915 [ 10 ] CVE-2013-2916 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2916 [ 11 ] CVE-2013-2917 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2917 [ 12 ] CVE-2013-2918 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2918 [ 13 ] CVE-2013-2919 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/201403-01
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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: March 05, 2014
Bugs: #486742, #488148, #491128, #491326, #493364, #498168,
ID: 201403-01

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo code execution web browser normal severity chromium v8

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Chromium and V8, worst 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 < 33.0.1750.146 >= 33.0.1750.146 2 dev-lang/v8 < 3.20.17.13 Vulnerable! ------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: Certain packages are still vulnerable. Users should migrate to another package if one is available or wait for the existing packages to be marked stable by their architecture maintainers. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.