GLSA 201507-18: Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity:normal
Title:Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:07/10/2015
Bugs: #552904
ID:201507-18

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Chromium allowing remote attackers to bypass security restrictions.

Background

Chromium is an open-source web browser project.

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected Architecture(s)
www-client/chromium < 43.0.2357.130 >= 43.0.2357.130 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 bypass security restrictions.

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-43.0.2357.130"
    

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201507-18.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.

License

Copyright 2010 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

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