[arch-security] [ASA-201709-19] chromium: arbitrary code execution

[Remi Gacogne]

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201709-19
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Severity: Critical
Date    : 2017-09-23
CVE-ID  : CVE-2017-5121 CVE-2017-5122
Package : chromium
Type    : arbitrary code execution
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-411

Summary
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The package chromium before version 61.0.3163.100-1 is vulnerable to
arbitrary code execution.

Resolution
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Upgrade to 61.0.3163.100-1.

# pacman -Syu "chromium>=61.0.3163.100-1"

The problems have been fixed upstream in version 61.0.3163.100.

Workaround
==========

None.

Description
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- CVE-2017-5121 (arbitrary code execution)

An out-of-bounds access has been found in the V8 component of the
chromium browser before 61.0.3163.100.

- CVE-2017-5122 (arbitrary code execution)

An out-of-bounds access has been found in the V8 component of the
chromium browser before 61.0.3163.100.

Impact
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A remote attacker can execute arbitrary code on the affected host.

References
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https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.html
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=765433
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=752423
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-5121
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-5122

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