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Gentoo: GLSA-201704-02 Moderate: Chromium Critical Threats

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Calendar Grey April 10, 2017
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several security flaws in Chromium enable remote adversaries to run unauthorized code; Gentoo users are advised to update.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in the Chromium web browser, the worst of which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo remote code execution arbitrary code chromium

Resolution

All Chromium users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=www-client/chromium-57.0.2987.133"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2017-5052 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5052 [ 2 ] CVE-2017-5053 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5053 [ 3 ] CVE-2017-5054 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5054 [ 4 ] CVE-2017-5055 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5055 [ 5 ] CVE-2017-5056 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5056

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-02
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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: April 10, 2017
Bugs: #614276
ID: 201704-02

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Topics Covered

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Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in the Chromium web browser, the worst of which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background

Chromium is the open-source web browser project behind Google Chrome

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-client/chromium < 57.0.2987.133 >= 57.0.2987.133

Impact

===== A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, obtain sensitive information, or bypass security restrictions.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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