Gentoo: GLSA-201507-18 Normal: Chromium Remote Bypass Threat
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July 10, 2015
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Chromium allowing remote attackers to bypass security restrictions.
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Chromium. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Resolution
All Chromium users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=www-client/chromium-43.0.2357.130"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2015-1266 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1266 [ 2 ] CVE-2015-1267 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1267 [ 3 ] CVE-2015-1268 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1268 [ 4 ] CVE-2015-1269 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1269
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-18
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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.
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Severity: Normal
Title: Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: July 10, 2015
Bugs: #552904
ID: 201507-18
Background
Chromium is an open-source web browser project.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 www-client/chromium < 43.0.2357.130 >= 43.0.2357.130
Impact
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A remote attacker could bypass security restrictions.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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