[manjaro-security] [ASA-201903-1] chromium: arbitrary code execution

[Santiago Torres-Arias]

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201903-1
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Severity: High
Date    : 2019-03-02
CVE-ID  : CVE-2019-5786
Package : chromium
Type    : arbitrary code execution
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-916

Summary
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The package chromium before version 72.0.3626.121-1 is vulnerable to
arbitrary code execution.

Resolution
==========

Upgrade to 72.0.3626.121-1.

# pacman -Syu "chromium>=72.0.3626.121-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 72.0.3626.121.

Workaround
==========

None.

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

A use-after-free issue has been found in the FileReader component of
the chromium browser before 72.0.3626.121.

Impact
======

A remote attacker can execute arbitrary code via a crafted file.

References
==========

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=936448
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2019-5786
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