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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS USN-6021-1 Critical: Chromium Memory Exploits

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Calendar Grey April 14, 2023
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A series of serious vulnerabilities identified in Ubuntu's Chromium have been addressed through a crucial update, mitigating risks of potential exploitation.
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 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 code. (CVE-2023-1528, CVE-2023-1530,

CVE-2023-1531, CVE-2023-1533, CVE-2023-1811, CVE-2023-1815, CVE-2023-1818)

It was discovered that Chromium could be made to access memory out of

bounds in WebHID. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to

corrupt memory via a malicious HID device, resulting in a denial of

service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-1529)

It was discovered that Chromium could be made to access memory out of

bounds in several components. A remote attacker could possibly use this

issue to corrupt memory via a crafted HTML page, resulti...

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Topics Covered

security advisory update critical DoS Ubuntu memory issue Chromium

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
   chromium-browser                112.0.5615.49-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

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-6021-1

  CVE-2023-1528, CVE-2023-1529, CVE-2023-1530, CVE-2023-1531,

  CVE-2023-1532, CVE-2023-1533, CVE-2023-1534, CVE-2023-1810,

  CVE-2023-1811, CVE-2023-1812, CVE-2023-1813, CVE-2023-1814,

  CVE-2023-1815, CVE-2023-1816, CVE-2023-1818, CVE-2023-1819,

  CVE-2023-1820, CVE-2023-1821, CVE-2023-1822, CVE-2023-1823

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April 14, 2023

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security advisory update critical DoS Ubuntu memory issue Chromium

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/112.0.5615.49-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

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