GLSA 201412-13: Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity:	normal
Title:	Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	12/13/2014
Bugs:	#524764, #529858
ID:	201412-13

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	< 39.0.2171.65	>= 39.0.2171.65	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 execute 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-39.0.2171.65"
    

References

• CVE-2014-3188
• CVE-2014-3189
• CVE-2014-3190
• CVE-2014-3191
• CVE-2014-3192
• CVE-2014-3193
• CVE-2014-3194
• CVE-2014-3195
• CVE-2014-3197
• CVE-2014-3198
• CVE-2014-3199
• CVE-2014-3200
• CVE-2014-7899
• CVE-2014-7900
• CVE-2014-7901
• CVE-2014-7902
• CVE-2014-7903
• CVE-2014-7904
• CVE-2014-7906
• CVE-2014-7907
• CVE-2014-7908
• CVE-2014-7909
• CVE-2014-7910

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-13.xml

Concerns?

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License

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