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

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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