[arch-security] [ASA-201602-17] chromium: multiple issues

[Remi Gacogne]

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201602-17
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Severity: Critical
Date    : 2016-02-21
CVE-ID  : CVE-2016-1629
Package : chromium
Type    : multiple issues
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CVE

Summary
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The package chromium before version 48.0.2564.116-1 is vulnerable to
multiple issues.

Resolution
==========

Upgrade to 48.0.2564.116-1.

# pacman -Syu "chromium>=48.0.2564.116-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 48.0.2564.116.

Workaround
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None.

Description
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Same-origin bypass in Blink and Sandbox escape in Chrome.

Impact
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A remote attacker might be able to execute arbitrary code by getting the
affected user to visit a specially crafted web page.

References
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http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.fr/2016/02/stable-channel-update_18.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1629

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