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Gentoo GLSA 201502-13: Chromium Denial of Service Advisory

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Calendar Grey February 17, 2015
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
The Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201502-13 warns about critical vulnerabilities in the Chromium browser, urging users to update to enhance system security and stability
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Chromium, the worst of which can allow remote attackers to cause Denial of Service or gain escalated privileges

Summary

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

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security advisory denial of service gentoo remote attack normal severity chromium

Resolution

All Chromium users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=www-client/chromium-40.0.2214.111"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-7923 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-7923 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-7924 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-7924 [ 3 ] CVE-2014-7925 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-7925 [ 4 ] CVE-2014-7926 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-7926 [ 5 ] CVE-2014-7927 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-7927 [ 6 ] CVE-2014-7928 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-7928 [ 7 ] CVE-2014-7929 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-7929 [ 8 ] CVE-2014-7930 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-7930 [ 9 ] CVE-2014-7931 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-7931 [ 10 ] CVE-2014-7932 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-7932 [ 11 ] CVE-2014-7933 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-7933 [ 12 ] CVE-2014-7934 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-7934 [ 13 ] CVE-2014-7935 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/201502-13
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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: February 17, 2015
Bugs: #537366, #539094
ID: 201502-13

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo remote attack normal severity chromium

Synopsis

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

Background

Chromium is an open-source web browser project.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-client/chromium < 40.0.2214.111 >= 40.0.2214.111

Impact

===== A remote attacker may be able to cause a Denial of Service condition, gain privileges via a filesystem: URI, or have other unspecified impact.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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