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Posted on 21 February 2016
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3486-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Michael Gilbert
February 21, 2016 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : chromium-browser
CVE ID : CVE-2016-1622 CVE-2016-1623 CVE-2016-1624 CVE-2016-1625
CVE-2016-1626 CVE-2016-1627 CVE-2016-1628 CVE-2016-1629
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the chromium web browser.
CVE-2016-1622
It was discovered that a maliciously crafted extension could bypass
the Same Origin Policy.
CVE-2016-1623
Mariusz Mlynski discovered a way to bypass the Same Origin Policy.
CVE-2016-1624
lukezli discovered a buffer overflow issue in the Brotli library.
CVE-2016-1625
Jann Horn discovered a way to cause the Chrome Instant feature to
navigate to unintended destinations.
CVE-2016-1626
An out-of-bounds read issue was discovered in the openjpeg library.
CVE-2016-1627
It was discovered that the Developer Tools did not validate URLs.
CVE-2016-1628
An out-of-bounds read issue was discovered in the pdfium library.
CVE-2016-1629
A way to bypass the Same Origin Policy was discovered in Blink/WebKit,
along with a way to escape the chromium sandbox.
For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 48.0.2564.116-1~deb8u1.
For the testing distribution (stretch), these problems will be fixed soon.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 48.0.2564.116-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your chromium-browser packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
