[ GLSA 201208-03 ] Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities

[GLSA]

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Title: Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201208-03)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: remote
Date: August 14, 2012
Bug(s): #423719, #426204, #429174
ID: 201208-03

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: < 21.0.1180.57
Unaffected: >= 21.0.1180.57
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,
disclosure of sensitive information, or other unspecified impact.


Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Chromium users should upgrade to the latest version: