[manjaro-security] [ASA-201906-11] chromium: arbitrary code execution

[Remi Gacogne]

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201906-11
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Severity: High
Date    : 2019-06-14
CVE-ID  : CVE-2019-5842
Package : chromium
Type    : arbitrary code execution
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-981

Summary
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The package chromium before version 75.0.3770.90-1 is vulnerable to
arbitrary code execution.

Resolution
==========

Upgrade to 75.0.3770.90-1.

# pacman -Syu "chromium>=75.0.3770.90-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 75.0.3770.90.

Workaround
==========

None.

Description
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A use-after-free vulnerability has been found in the Blink component of
the chromium browser before 75.0.3770.90.

Impact
======

A remote attacker might be able to execute arbitrary code on the
affected host.

References
==========

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_13.html
https://crbug.com/961413
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2019-5842

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