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openSUSE: 2015:0441-1 Important: Chromium Security Fixes for 31 Issues

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Calendar Grey March 6, 2015
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Crucial security patch for chromium addresses 31 vulnerabilities on openSUSE. Ensure your safety by applying this vital update.
An update that fixes 31 vulnerabilities is now available

Description

chromium was updated to version 40.0.2214.111 to fix 31 vulnerabilities.

These security issues were fixed:

- CVE-2015-1209: Use-after-free in DOM (bnc#916841).

- CVE-2015-1210: Cross-origin-bypass in V8 bindings (bnc#916843).

- CVE-2015-1211: Privilege escalation using service workers (bnc#916838).

- CVE-2015-1212: Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other

initiatives (bnc#916840).

- CVE-2014-7923: Memory corruption in ICU (bnc#914468).

- CVE-2014-7924: Use-after-free in IndexedDB (bnc#914468).

- CVE-2014-7925: Use-after-free in WebAudio (bnc#914468).

- CVE-2014-7926: Memory corruption in ICU (bnc#914468).

- CVE-2014-7927: Memory corruption in V8 (bnc#914468).

- CVE-2014-7928: Memory corruption in V8 (bnc#914468).

- CVE-2014-7930: Use-after-free in DOM (bnc#914468).

- CVE-2014-7931: Memory corruption in V8 (bnc#914468).

- CVE-2014-7929: Use-after-free in DOM (bnc#914468).

- CVE-2014-7932: Use-after-free in DOM...

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Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE 13.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2015-204=1

- openSUSE 13.1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2015-204=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

Package List

- openSUSE 13.2 (i586 x86_64):

chromedriver-40.0.2214.111-13.4

chromedriver-debuginfo-40.0.2214.111-13.4

chromium-40.0.2214.111-13.4

chromium-debuginfo-40.0.2214.111-13.4

chromium-debugsource-40.0.2214.111-13.4

chromium-desktop-gnome-40.0.2214.111-13.4

chromium-desktop-kde-40.0.2214.111-13.4

chromium-ffmpegsumo-40.0.2214.111-13.4

chromium-ffmpegsumo-debuginfo-40.0.2214.111-13.4

- openSUSE 13.1 (i586 x86_64):

chromedriver-40.0.2214.111-68.2

chromedriver-debuginfo-40.0.2214.111-68.2

chromium-40.0.2214.111-68.2

chromium-debuginfo-40.0.2214.111-68.2

chromium-debugsource-40.0.2214.111-68.2

chromium-desktop-gnome-40.0.2214.111-68.2

chromium-desktop-kde-40.0.2214.111-68.2

chromium-ffmpegsumo-40.0.2214.111-68.2

chromium-ffmpegsumo-debuginfo-40.0.2214.111-68.2

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7923.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7924.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7925.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7926.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7927.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7928.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7929.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7930.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7931.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7932.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7933.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7934.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7935.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7936.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7937.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7938.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7939.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7940.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7941.html

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2015:0441-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE 13.2 openSUSE 13.1 .

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