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Gentoo alert 201111-05 (chromium)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201111-05 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: Chromium, V8: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: November 19, 2011 Bugs: #390113, #390779 ID: 201111-05 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Chromium and V8, some of which may allow execution of arbitrary code. Background ========== Chromium is an open-source web browser project. V8 is Google's open source JavaScript engine. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-client/chromium < 15.0.874.121 >= 15.0.874.121 2 dev-lang/v8 < 3.5.10.24 >= 3.5.10.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 affected packages ------------------------------------------------------------------- Description =========== Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Chromium and V8. Please review the CVE identifiers and release notes referenced below for details. Impact ====== A context-dependent attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted web site or JavaScript program using Chromium or V8, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, or a Denial of Service condition. The attacker also could cause a Java applet to run without user confirmation. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All Chromium users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=www-client/chromium-15.0.874.121" All V8 users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/v8-3.5.10.24" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2011-3892 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-... [ 2 ] CVE-2011-3893 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-... [ 3 ] CVE-2011-3894 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-... [ 4 ] CVE-2011-3895 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-... [ 5 ] CVE-2011-3896 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-... [ 6 ] CVE-2011-3897 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-... [ 7 ] CVE-2011-3898 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-... [ 8 ] CVE-2011-3900 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-... [ 9 ] Release Notes 15.0.874.120 http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/11/stable-c... [ 10 ] Release Notes 15.0.874.121 http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/11/stable-c... Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201111-05.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 2011 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. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 (Log in to post comments)
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