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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3486-1 (chromium-browser - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the chromium web browser. CVE-2016-1622 It was discovered that a maliciously crafted extension could bypass the Same Origin Policy. CVE-2016-1623 Mariusz Mlynski discovered a way to bypass the Same Origin Policy. CVE-2016-1624 lukezli discovered a buffer overflow issue in the Brotli library. CVE-2016-1625 Jann Horn discovered a way to cause the Chrome Instant feature to navigate to unintended destinations. CVE-2016-1626 An out-of-bounds read issue was discovered in the openjpeg library. CVE-2016-1627 It was discovered that the Developer Tools did not validate URLs. CVE-2016-1628 An out-of-bounds read issue was discovered in the pdfium library. CVE-2016-1629 A way to bypass the Same Origin Policy was discovered in Blink/WebKit, along with a way to escape the chromium sandbox.
Affected Software
Affected Software
chromium-browser on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 48.0.2564.116-1~deb8u1. For the testing distribution (stretch), these problems will be fixed soon. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 48.0.2564.116-1. We recommend that you upgrade your chromium-browser packages.