[ GLSA 201502-13 ] Chromium

[GLSA]

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Title: Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201502-13)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: remote
Date: February 17, 2015
Bug(s): #537366, #539094
ID: 201502-13

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Chromium, the worst of
which can allow remote attackers to cause Denial of Service or gain
escalated privileges.


Background

Chromium is an open-source web browser project.

Affected Packages

Package: www-client/chromium
Vulnerable: < 40.0.2214.111
Unaffected: >= 40.0.2214.111
Architectures: All supported architectures


Description

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


Impact

A remote attacker may be able to cause a Denial of Service condition,
gain privileges via a filesystem: URI, or have other unspecified impact.


Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Chromium users should upgrade to the latest version: