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Gentoo GLSA-201412-13 Normal: Chromium Remote Execution Threats

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Several vulnerabilities in Chromium on Gentoo expose systems to potential remote code execution. Immediate updates are necessary to mitigate security threats.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Chromium, the worst of which can allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

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 Gentoo security issue code execution remote execution normal severity Chromium

Resolution

All Chromium users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=www-client/chromium-39.0.2171.65"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-3188 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3188 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-3189 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3189 [ 3 ] CVE-2014-3190 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3190 [ 4 ] CVE-2014-3191 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3191 [ 5 ] CVE-2014-3192 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3192 [ 6 ] CVE-2014-3193 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3193 [ 7 ] CVE-2014-3194 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3194 [ 8 ] CVE-2014-3195 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3195 [ 9 ] CVE-2014-3197 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3197 [ 10 ] CVE-2014-3198 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3198 [ 11 ] CVE-2014-3199 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3199 [ 12 ] CVE-2014-3200 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3200 [ 13 ] CVE-2014-7899 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/201412-13
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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: December 13, 2014
Bugs: #524764, #529858
ID: 201412-13

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo security issue code execution remote execution normal severity Chromium

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Chromium, the worst of which can allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background

Chromium is an open-source web browser project.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-client/chromium < 39.0.2171.65 >= 39.0.2171.65

Impact

===== A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.