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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201111-05
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Severity: Normal
Title: Chromium, V8: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: November 19, 2011
Bugs: #390113, #390779
ID: 201111-05
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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Chromium and V8, some of
which may allow execution of arbitrary code.
Background
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Chromium is an open-source web browser project. V8 is Google's open
source JavaScript engine.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 www-client/chromium < 15.0.874.121 >= 15.0.874.121
2 dev-lang/v8 < 3.5.10.24 >= 3.5.10.24
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2 affected packages
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Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Chromium and V8.
Please review the CVE identifiers and release notes referenced below
for details.
Impact
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A context-dependent attacker could entice a user to open a specially
crafted web site or JavaScript program using Chromium or V8, possibly
resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the
process, or a Denial of Service condition. The attacker also could
cause a Java applet to run without user confirmation.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All Chromium users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=www-client/chromium-15.0.874.121"
All V8 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/v8-3.5.10.24"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2011-3892
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3892
[ 2 ] CVE-2011-3893
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3893
[ 3 ] CVE-2011-3894
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3894
[ 4 ] CVE-2011-3895
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3895
[ 5 ] CVE-2011-3896
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3896
[ 6 ] CVE-2011-3897
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3897
[ 7 ] CVE-2011-3898
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3898
[ 8 ] CVE-2011-3900
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3900
[ 9 ] Release Notes 15.0.874.120
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/11/stable-channel-update.html
[ 10 ] Release Notes 15.0.874.121
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/11/stable-channel-update_16.html
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201111-05.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@xxxxxxxxxx or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2011 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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