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Gentoo: GLSA-201409-06 Critical: Chromium Denial of Service Threat

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Calendar Grey September 19, 2014
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Issues in Chromium detailed in Gentoo Security Notice GLSA 201409-07, featuring potential Denial of Service risks.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Chromium, the worst of which can allow remote attackers to cause Denial of Service.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Chromium. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security update gentoo critical vulnerability chromium

Resolution

All Chromium users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=www-client/chromium-37.0.2062.120"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-3178 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3178 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-3179 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3179

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201409-06
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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: September 19, 2014
Bugs: #522484
ID: 201409-06

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security update gentoo critical vulnerability chromium

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Chromium, the worst of which can allow remote attackers to cause Denial of Service.

Background

Chromium is an open-source web browser project.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-client/chromium < 37.0.2062.120 >= 37.0.2062.120

Impact

===== A remote attacker may be able to cause a Denial of Service condition or possibly have other unspecified impact by leveraging improper handling of render-tree inconsistencies.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.