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Gentoo alert 201201-03 (chromium)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201201-03 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: Chromium, V8: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: January 08, 2012 Bugs: #394587, #397907 ID: 201201-03 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 < 16.0.912.75 >= 16.0.912.75 2 dev-lang/v8 < 3.6.6.11 >= 3.6.6.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 could also perform URL bar spoofing. 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-16.0.912.75" All V8 users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/v8-3.6.6.11" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2011-3903 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-... [ 2 ] CVE-2011-3904 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-... [ 3 ] CVE-2011-3906 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-... [ 4 ] CVE-2011-3907 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-... [ 5 ] CVE-2011-3908 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-... [ 6 ] CVE-2011-3909 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-... [ 7 ] CVE-2011-3910 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-... [ 8 ] CVE-2011-3912 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-... [ 9 ] CVE-2011-3913 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-... [ 10 ] CVE-2011-3914 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-... [ 11 ] CVE-2011-3917 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-... [ 12 ] CVE-2011-3921 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-... [ 13 ] CVE-2011-3922 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-... [ 14 ] Release Notes 16.0.912.63 http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/12/stable-c... [ 15 ] Release Notes 16.0.912.75 http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/01/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-201201-03.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 2012 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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