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Severity: Normal

Title: Chromium, Google Chrome: Multiple vulnerabilities

Date: January 07, 2018

Bugs: #640334, #641376

ID: 201801-03

 

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Synopsis

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Chromium and Google Chrome,

the worst of which could result in the execution of arbitrary code.

 

Background

==========

 

Chromium is an open-source browser project that aims to build a safer,

faster, and more stable way for all users to experience the web.

 

Google Chrome is one fast, simple, and secure browser for all your

devices

 

Affected packages

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected

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1 www-client/chromium < 63.0.3239.108 >= 63.0.3239.108

2 www-client/google-chrome

< 63.0.3239.108 >= 63.0.3239.108

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2 affected packages

 

Description

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Chromium and Google

Chrome. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

 

Impact

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A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the

privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, bypass

content security controls, or conduct URL spoofing.

 

Workaround

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There are no known workarounds 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-63.0.3239.108"

 

All Google Chrome users should upgrade to the latest version:

 

# emerge --sync

# emerge -a --oneshot -v ">=www-client/google-chrome-63.0.3239.108"

 

References

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[ 1 ] CVE-2017-15407

https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-15407

[ 2 ] CVE-2017-15408

https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-15408

[ 3 ] CVE-2017-15409

https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-15409

[ 4 ] CVE-2017-15410

https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-15410

[ 5 ] CVE-2017-15411

https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-15411

[ 6 ] CVE-2017-15412

https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-15412

[ 7 ] CVE-2017-15413

https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-15413

[ 8 ] CVE-2017-15415

https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-15415

[ 9 ] CVE-2017-15416

https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-15416

[ 10 ] CVE-2017-15417

https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-15417

[ 11 ] CVE-2017-15418

https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-15418

[ 12 ] CVE-2017-15419

https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-15419

[ 13 ] CVE-2017-15420

https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-15420

[ 14 ] CVE-2017-15422

https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-15422

[ 15 ] CVE-2017-15423

https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-15423

[ 16 ] CVE-2017-15424

https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-15424

[ 17 ] CVE-2017-15425

https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-15425

[ 18 ] CVE-2017-15426

https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-15426

[ 19 ] CVE-2017-15427

https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-15427

[ 20 ] CVE-2017-15429

https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-15429

[ 21 ] Google Chrome Release 20171206

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html

[ 22 ] Google Chrome Release 20171214

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_14.html

 

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/201801-03

 

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 2018 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