GLSA 201408-16: Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity:	normal
Title:	Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	08/30/2014
Bugs:	#504328, #504890, #507212, #508788, #510288, #510904, #512944, #517304, #519788, #521276
ID:	201408-16

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Chromium, the worst of which can allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background

Chromium is an open-source web browser project.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
www-client/chromium	< 37.0.2062.94	>= 37.0.2062.94	All supported architectures

Description

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

Impact

A remote attacker could conduct a number of attacks which include: cross site scripting attacks, bypassing of sandbox protection, potential execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, or cause a Denial of Service condition.

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-37.0.2062.94"
    

References

• CVE-2014-1741
• CVE-2014-0538
• CVE-2014-1700
• CVE-2014-1701
• CVE-2014-1702
• CVE-2014-1703
• CVE-2014-1704
• CVE-2014-1705
• CVE-2014-1713
• CVE-2014-1714
• CVE-2014-1715
• CVE-2014-1716
• CVE-2014-1717
• CVE-2014-1718
• CVE-2014-1719
• CVE-2014-1720
• CVE-2014-1721
• CVE-2014-1722
• CVE-2014-1723
• CVE-2014-1724
• CVE-2014-1725
• CVE-2014-1726
• CVE-2014-1727
• CVE-2014-1728
• CVE-2014-1729
• CVE-2014-1730
• CVE-2014-1731
• CVE-2014-1732
• CVE-2014-1733
• CVE-2014-1734
• CVE-2014-1735
• CVE-2014-1740
• CVE-2014-1742
• CVE-2014-1743
• CVE-2014-1744
• CVE-2014-1745
• CVE-2014-1746
• CVE-2014-1747
• CVE-2014-1748
• CVE-2014-1749
• CVE-2014-3154
• CVE-2014-3155
• CVE-2014-3156
• CVE-2014-3157
• CVE-2014-3160
• CVE-2014-3162
• CVE-2014-3165
• CVE-2014-3166
• CVE-2014-3167
• CVE-2014-3168
• CVE-2014-3169
• CVE-2014-3170
• CVE-2014-3171
• CVE-2014-3172
• CVE-2014-3173
• CVE-2014-3174
• CVE-2014-3175
• CVE-2014-3176
• CVE-2014-3177

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201408-16.xml

Concerns?

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License

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