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PostPosted: Thu Sep 06, 2012 4:00 am    Post subject: [ GLSA 201208-03 ] Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities Reply with quote

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Title: Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201208-03)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: remote
Date: August 14, 2012
Bug(s): #423719, #426204, #429174
ID: 201208-03

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Chromium, some of
which may allow execution of arbitrary code.


Background

Chromium is an open source web browser project.

Affected Packages

Package: www-client/chromium
Vulnerable: < 21.0.1180.57
Unaffected: >= 21.0.1180.57
Architectures: All supported architectures


Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Chromium. Please review
the CVE identifiers and release notes referenced below for details.


Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted web
site using Chromium, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary
code with the privileges of the process, a Denial of Service condition,
disclosure of sensitive information, or other unspecified impact.


Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Chromium users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code:
# emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
      ">=www-client/chromium-21.0.1180.57"
   


References

CVE-2012-2815
CVE-2012-2817
CVE-2012-2818
CVE-2012-2819
CVE-2012-2820
CVE-2012-2821
CVE-2012-2823
CVE-2012-2824
CVE-2012-2825
CVE-2012-2826
CVE-2012-2829
CVE-2012-2830
CVE-2012-2831
CVE-2012-2834
CVE-2012-2842
CVE-2012-2843
CVE-2012-2846
CVE-2012-2847
CVE-2012-2848
CVE-2012-2849
CVE-2012-2853
CVE-2012-2854
CVE-2012-2857
CVE-2012-2858
CVE-2012-2859
CVE-2012-2860

Release Notes 20.0.1132.43


Release Notes 20.0.1132.57


Release Notes 21.0.1180.57


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