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GLSA-201205-01 : Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 59625

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201205-01 (Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 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.

Solution

All Chromium users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-client/chromium-18.0.1025.168'

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?9f66b485

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201205-01

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 59625

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201205-01.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Published: 6/21/2012

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:chromium, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 5/15/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/1/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3078, CVE-2011-3081, CVE-2012-1521

GLSA: 201205-01