GLSA-201205-04 : Chromium, V8: Multiple vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 59628

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-201205-04 (Chromium, V8: Multiple vulnerabilities)

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Chromium and V8. Please review the CVE identifiers and release notes referenced below for details.
Impact :

A context-dependent attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted website or JavaScript program using Chromium or V8, 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-19.0.1084.52' All V8 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-lang/v8-3.9.24.28'

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?655527b0

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201205-04

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 59628

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201205-04.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Published: 6/21/2012

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:chromium, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:v8, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/27/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3103, CVE-2011-3104, CVE-2011-3105, CVE-2011-3106, CVE-2011-3107, CVE-2011-3108, CVE-2011-3109, CVE-2011-3111, CVE-2011-3115

GLSA: 201205-04