Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities

1.  Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Version Information

Related bugreports: #406975, #407465, #407755, #409251

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Chromium, some of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.

2.  Impact Information

Background

Chromium is an open source web browser project.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Chromium. Please review the CVE identifiers and release notes referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted web site using Chromium, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, a Denial of Service condition, Universal Cross-Site Scripting, or installation of an extension without user interaction.

A remote attacker could also entice a user to install a specially crafted extension that would interfere with browser-issued web requests.

3.  Resolution Information

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Chromium users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/chromium-17.0.963.83"

4.  References

• CVE-2011-3031
• CVE-2011-3032
• CVE-2011-3033
• CVE-2011-3034
• CVE-2011-3035
• CVE-2011-3036
• CVE-2011-3037
• CVE-2011-3038
• CVE-2011-3039
• CVE-2011-3040
• CVE-2011-3041
• CVE-2011-3042
• CVE-2011-3043
• CVE-2011-3044
• CVE-2011-3046
• CVE-2011-3047
• CVE-2011-3049
• CVE-2011-3050
• CVE-2011-3051
• CVE-2011-3052
• CVE-2011-3053
• CVE-2011-3054
• CVE-2011-3055
• CVE-2011-3056
• CVE-2011-3057
• Release Notes 17.0.963.65
• Release Notes 17.0.963.78
• Release Notes 17.0.963.79
• Release Notes 17.0.963.83