[arch-security] [ASA-201504-19] chromium: multiple issues

[Levente Polyak]

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201504-19
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Severity: Critical
Date    : 2015-04-18
CVE-ID  : CVE-2015-1235 CVE-2015-1236 CVE-2015-1237 CVE-2015-1238
          CVE-2015-1240 CVE-2015-1241 CVE-2015-1242 CVE-2015-1244
          CVE-2015-1245 CVE-2015-1246 CVE-2015-1247 CVE-2015-1248
          CVE-2015-1249
Package : chromium
Type    : multiple issues
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CVE

Summary
=======

The package chromium before version 42.0.2311.90-1 is vulnerable to
multiple issues including but not limited to arbitrary code execution,
denial of service, information disclosure, cross-origin bypass and
tab-jacking.

Resolution
==========

Upgrade to 42.0.2311.90-1.

# pacman -Syu "chromium>=42.0.2311.90-1"

The problems have been fixed upstream in version 42.0.2311.90.

Workaround
==========

None.

Description
===========

- CVE-2015-1235 (cross-origin bypass)

A vulnerability was discovered that allows cross-origin-bypass in the
HTML parser.

- CVE-2015-1236 (cross-origin bypass)

A vulnerability was discovered that allows cross-origin-bypass in the
rendering engine Blink.

- CVE-2015-1237 (arbitrary code execution)

An use-after-free flaw was discovered in IPC that may lead to arbitrary
code execution and denial of service.

- CVE-2015-1238 (arbitrary code execution)

An out-of-bounds write flaw was discovered in Skia that may lead to
arbitrary code execution and denial of service.

- CVE-2015-1240 (denial of service)

An out-of-bounds read flaw was discovered in WebGL that may lead to
information disclosure and denial of service.

- CVE-2015-1241 (tap-jacking)

A tap-jacking flaw was discovered that allows the hijacking of tabs to
show arbitrary content.

- CVE-2015-1242 (arbitrary code execution)

A Type confusion flaw was discovered in V8 that may lead to arbitrary
code execution and denial of service.

- CVE-2015-1244 (security policy bypass)

A security policy flaw was discovered that allowes HSTS bypass in
WebSockets that may lead to downgrade attacks and cookie hijacking.

- CVE-2015-1245 (arbitrary code execution)

An use-after-free flaw was discovered in PDFium that may lead to
arbitrary code execution and denial of service.

- CVE-2015-1246 (denial of service)

An out-of-bounds read flaw was discovered in the rendering engine Blink
that may leads to information disclosure and denial of service.

- CVE-2015-1247 (unspecified)

A scheme issues flaw was discovered in OpenSearch that is leading to
unspecified issues.

- CVE-2015-1248 (filter bypass)

A flaw was discovered that is leading to SafeBrowsing filter bypass.

- CVE-2015-1249 (various)

Various vulnerabilities were discovered by internal audits, fuzzing and
other initiatives.

Impact
======

A remote attacker is able to use specially crafted web content to cause
a denial of service, bypass the cross-origin policy, perform tap-jacking
or, potentially, execute arbitrary code via various vectors.

References
==========

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.fr/2015/04/stable-channel-update_14.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1235
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1236
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1237
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1238
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1240
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1241
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1242
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1244
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1245
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1246
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1247
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1248
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1249

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