Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201203-24 - Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Chromium and V8, some of which may allow execution of arbitrary code. Versions less than 18.0.1025.142 are affected.
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201203-24
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Severity: Normal
Title: Chromium, V8: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: March 30, 2012
Bugs: #410045
ID: 201203-24
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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Chromium and V8, some of
which may allow execution of arbitrary code.
Background
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Chromium is an open source web browser project. V8 is Google's open
source JavaScript engine. SPDY is an experimental networking protocol.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 www-client/chromium < 18.0.1025.142 >= 18.0.1025.142
2 dev-lang/v8 < 3.8.9.16 >= 3.8.9.16
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2 affected packages
Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Chromium and V8.
Please review the CVE identifiers and release notes referenced below
for details.
Impact
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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 entice a user to open a specially crafted web
site using Chromium, possibly resulting in cross-site scripting (XSS),
or an unspecified SPDY certificate checking error.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All Chromium users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=www-client/chromium-18.0.1025.142"
All V8 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/v8-3.8.9.16"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2011-3057
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3057
[ 2 ] CVE-2011-3058
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3058
[ 3 ] CVE-2011-3059
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3059
[ 4 ] CVE-2011-3060
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3060
[ 5 ] CVE-2011-3061
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3061
[ 6 ] CVE-2011-3062
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3062
[ 7 ] CVE-2011-3063
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3063
[ 8 ] CVE-2011-3064
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3064
[ 9 ] CVE-2011-3065
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3065
[ 10 ] Release Notes 18.0.1025.142
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/03/stable-channel-release-a=
nd-beta-channel.html
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-24.xml
Concerns?
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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
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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