[manjaro-security] [arch-security] [ASA-201606-5] chromium: multiple issues

[Remi Gacogne]

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201606-5
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Severity: High
Date    : 2016-06-05
CVE-ID  : CVE-2016-1696 CVE-2016-1697 CVE-2016-1698 CVE-2016-1699
          CVE-2016-1700 CVE-2016-1701 CVE-2016-1702 CVE-2016-1703
Package : chromium
Type    : multiple issues
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CVE

Summary
=======

The package chromium before version 51.0.2704.79-1 is vulnerable to
multiple issues.

Resolution
==========

Upgrade to 51.0.2704.79-1.

# pacman -Syu "chromium>=51.0.2704.79-1"

The problems have been fixed upstream in version 51.0.2704.79.

Workaround
==========

None.

Description
===========

- CVE-2016-1696 (cross-origin bypass):

Cross-origin bypass in Extension bindings. Credit to anonymous.

- CVE-2016-1697 (cross-origin bypass):

Cross-origin bypass in Blink. Credit to Mariusz Mlynski.

- CVE-2016-1698 (information leakage):

Information leak in Extension bindings. Credit to Rob Wu.

- CVE-2016-1699 (parameter sanitization failure):

Parameter sanitization failure in DevTools. Credit to Gregory Panakkal.

- CVE-2016-1700 (use-after-free):

Use-after-free in Extensions. Credit to Rob Wu.

- CVE-2016-1701 (use-after-free):

Use-after-free in Autofill. Credit to Rob Wu.

- CVE-2016-1702 (out-of-bounds read):

Out-of-bounds read in Skia. Credit to cloudfuzzer.

- CVE-2016-1703:

Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives.


Impact
======

A remote attacker can access sensitive information, bypass cross-origin
restrictions, cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary
code on the affected host.

References
==========

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.fr/2016/06/stable-channel-update.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1696
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1697
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1698
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1699
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1700
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1701
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1702
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1703

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