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Gentoo: GLSA-201506-04 Normal: Critical Chromium Code Execution

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Calendar Grey June 23, 2015
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202310-12 emphasizes Mozilla Firefox security flaws, urgent threats, and mitigation procedures.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been fixed in Chromium, the worst of which can cause arbitrary remote code execution.

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 software update code execution remote code normal severity browser vulnerability

Resolution

All Chromium users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=www-client/chromium-43.0.2357.65"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2015-1233 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1233 [ 2 ] CVE-2015-1234 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1234 [ 3 ] CVE-2015-1235 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1235 [ 4 ] CVE-2015-1236 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1236 [ 5 ] CVE-2015-1237 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1237 [ 6 ] CVE-2015-1238 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1238 [ 7 ] CVE-2015-1240 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1240 [ 8 ] CVE-2015-1241 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1241 [ 9 ] CVE-2015-1242 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1242 [ 10 ] CVE-2015-1243 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1243 [ 11 ] CVE-2015-1244 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1244 [ 12 ] CVE-2015-1245 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1245 [ 13 ] CVE-2015-1246 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/201506-04
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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: June 23, 2015
Bugs: #545300, #546728, #548108, #549944
ID: 201506-04

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo software update code execution remote code normal severity browser vulnerability

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been fixed in Chromium, the worst of which can cause arbitrary remote code execution.

Background

Chromium is an open-source web browser project.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-client/chromium < 43.0.2357.65 >= 43.0.2357.65

Impact

===== A remote attacker can cause arbitrary remote code execution, Denial of Service or bypass of security mechanisms.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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