[ GLSA 201204-03 ] Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities

[GLSA]

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Title: Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201204-03)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: remote
Date: April 10, 2012
Bug(s): #410963
ID: 201204-03

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: < 18.0.1025.151
Unaffected: >= 18.0.1025.151
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, a Denial of Service condition,
or bypass of the same origin policy.


Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Chromium users should upgrade to the latest version: