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Ubuntu 18.04: USN-5949-1 Critical: Chromium Memory Corruption Advisory

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Calendar Grey March 13, 2023
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Ubuntu Security Advisory USN-5950-1 highlights security flaws within the Firefox browser, providing insights and fixes for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS users.
Several security issues were fixed in Chromium.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Chromium.

Software Description:

- chromium-browser: Chromium web browser, open-source version of Chrome

Details:

It was discovered that Chromium could be made to write out of bounds in

several components. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to

corrupt memory via a crafted HTML page, resulting in a denial of service,

or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-0930, CVE-2023-1219,

CVE-2023-1220, CVE-2023-1222)

It was discovered that Chromium contained an integer overflow in the PDF

component. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to corrupt

memory via a crafted PDF file, resulting in a denial of service, or

possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-0933)

It was discovered that Chromium did not properly manage memory in several

components. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to corrupt

memory via a crafted HTML page, resulting in a denial of service, or

possibly execute arbitrary cod...

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security advisory denial of service memory corruption remote attack ubuntu chromium

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
   chromium-browser                111.0.5563.64-0ubuntu0.18.04.5

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug
fixes. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5949-1

  CVE-2023-0928, CVE-2023-0929, CVE-2023-0930, CVE-2023-0931,

  CVE-2023-0933, CVE-2023-0941, CVE-2023-1213, CVE-2023-1214,

  CVE-2023-1215, CVE-2023-1216, CVE-2023-1218, CVE-2023-1219,

  CVE-2023-1220, CVE-2023-1221, CVE-2023-1222, CVE-2023-1224,

  CVE-2023-1226, CVE-2023-1229, CVE-2023-1232, CVE-2023-1233,

  CVE-2023-1235, CVE-2023-1236

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security advisory denial of service memory corruption remote attack ubuntu chromium

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/111.0.5563.64-0ubuntu0.18.04.5

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