[ GLSA 201201-17 ] Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities

[GLSA]

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Title: Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201201-17)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: remote
Date: January 28, 2012
Bug(s): #400551
ID: 201201-17

Synopsis

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


Background

Chromium is an open source web browser project.

Affected Packages

Package: www-client/chromium
Vulnerable: < 16.0.912.77
Unaffected: >= 16.0.912.77
Architectures: All supported architectures


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, or a Denial of Service
condition.


Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Chromium users should upgrade to the latest version: