GLSA 201409-06: Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	09/19/2014
Bugs:	#522484
ID:	201409-06

Synopsis

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

Background

Chromium is an open-source web browser project.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
www-client/chromium	< 37.0.2062.120	>= 37.0.2062.120	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 or possibly have other unspecified impact by leveraging improper handling of render-tree inconsistencies.

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-37.0.2062.120"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201409-06.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.