Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities — GLSA 201701-66

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in the Chromium web browser, the worst of which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Affected packages

Background

Chromium is an open-source browser project that aims to build a safer, faster, and more stable way for all users to experience the web.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Chromium web browser. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, obtain sensitive information, bypass security restrictions, or perform cross-site scripting (XSS).

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
 ">=www-client/chromium-56.0.2924.76"
 

References

• CVE-2017-5006
• CVE-2017-5007
• CVE-2017-5008
• CVE-2017-5009
• CVE-2017-5010
• CVE-2017-5011
• CVE-2017-5012
• CVE-2017-5013
• CVE-2017-5014
• CVE-2017-5015
• CVE-2017-5016
• CVE-2017-5017
• CVE-2017-5018
• CVE-2017-5019
• CVE-2017-5020
• CVE-2017-5021
• CVE-2017-5022
• CVE-2017-5023
• CVE-2017-5024
• CVE-2017-5025
• CVE-2017-5026

Release date
January 29, 2017

Latest revision
January 29, 2017: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

Bugzilla entries

• 607276