[ASA-202005-2] chromium: arbitrary code execution
Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202005-2 ========================================= Severity: High Date : 2020-05-06 CVE-ID : CVE-2020-6464 CVE-2020-6831 Package : chromium Type : arbitrary code execution Remote : Yes Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1149 Summary ======= The package chromium before version 81.0.4044.138-1 is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution. Resolution ========== Upgrade to 81.0.4044.138-1. # pacman -Syu "chromium>=81.0.4044.138-1" The problems have been fixed upstream in version 81.0.4044.138. Workaround ========== None. Description =========== - CVE-2020-6464 (arbitrary code execution) A type confusion issue has been found in the Blink component of the chromium browser before 81.0.4044.138. - CVE-2020-6831 (arbitrary code execution) A buffer overflow could occur when parsing and validating SCTP chunks in WebRTC, in Firefox before 76.0 and chromium before 81.0.4044.138. This could have led to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. Impact ====== A remote attacker can execute arbitrary code on the affected host. References ========== https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/05/stable-channel-update-for-desk... https://crbug.com/1071059 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1632241 https://crbug.com/1073602 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-16/#CVE-2020-6831 https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-6464 https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-6831
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Remi Gacogne