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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201507-18

Posted on 10 July 2015
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201507-18
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https://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: July 10, 2015
Bugs: #552904
ID: 201507-18

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Chromium allowing remote
attackers to bypass security restrictions.

Background
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Chromium is an open-source web browser project.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 www-client/chromium < 43.0.2357.130 >= 43.0.2357.130

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Chromium. Please
review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
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A remote attacker could bypass security restrictions.

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-43.0.2357.130"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2015-1266
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1266
[ 2 ] CVE-2015-1267
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1267
[ 3 ] CVE-2015-1268
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1268
[ 4 ] CVE-2015-1269
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1269

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-18

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 2015 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

 

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