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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201704-02
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https://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: April 10, 2017
Bugs: #614276
ID: 201704-02

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

Background
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Chromium is the open-source web browser project behind Google Chrome

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 www-client/chromium < 57.0.2987.133 >= 57.0.2987.133

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

Impact
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A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, obtain
sensitive information, or bypass security restrictions.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Chromium users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot -v “>=www-client/chromium-57.0.2987.133”

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2017-5052
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5052
[ 2 ] CVE-2017-5053
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5053
[ 3 ] CVE-2017-5054
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5054
[ 4 ] CVE-2017-5055
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5055
[ 5 ] CVE-2017-5056
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5056

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-02

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users’ machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons – Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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