Chromium, Google Chrome: Multiple vulnerabilities — GLSA 202004-09

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Chromium and Google Chrome, the worst of which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Affected packages

www-client/chromium on all architectures
Affected versions < 81.0.4044.92
Unaffected versions >= 81.0.4044.92
www-client/google-chrome on all architectures
Affected versions < 81.0.4044.92
Unaffected versions >= 81.0.4044.92

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.

Google Chrome is one fast, simple, and secure browser for all your devices.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Chromium and Google Chrome. Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted HTML or multimedia file using Chromium or Google Chrome, possibly resulting in 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:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
 ">=www-client/chromium-81.0.4044.92"
 

All Google Chrome users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
 ">=www-client/google-chrome-81.0.4044.92"
 

References

Release date
April 10, 2020

Latest revision
April 10, 2020: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

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