GLSA 201210-07: Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities
| Severity: | normal |
| Title: | Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities |
| Date: | 10/21/2012 |
| Bugs: | , , , |
| ID: | 201210-07 |
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 | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| www-client/chromium | < 22.0.1229.94 | >= 22.0.1229.94 | 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, arbitrary file write, a Denial of Service condition, Cross-Site Scripting in SSL interstitial and various Universal Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All Chromium users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
">=www-client/chromium-22.0.1229.94"
References
Availability
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Concerns?
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License
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