[ASA-201806-9] chromium: arbitrary code execution

[Remi Gacogne]

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201806-9
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Severity: High
Date    : 2018-06-13
CVE-ID  : CVE-2018-6149
Package : chromium
Type    : arbitrary code execution
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-717

Summary
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The package chromium before version 67.0.3396.87-1 is vulnerable to
arbitrary code execution.

Resolution
==========

Upgrade to 67.0.3396.87-1.

# pacman -Syu "chromium>=67.0.3396.87-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 67.0.3396.87.

Workaround
==========

None.

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

An out of bounds write has been found in the V8 component of the
chromium browser before 67.0.3396.87.

Impact
======

A remote attacker can execute arbitrary code on the affected host via a
website containing specially crafted Javascript code.

References
==========

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_12.html
https://crbug.com/848672
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2018-6149

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