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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3549-1 (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-2016-1651 An out-of-bounds read issue was discovered in the pdfium library. CVE-2016-1652 A cross-site scripting issue was discovered in extension bindings. CVE-2016-1653 Choongwoo Han discovered an out-of-bounds write issue in the v8 javascript library. CVE-2016-1654 Atte Kettunen discovered an uninitialized memory read condition. CVE-2016-1655 Rob Wu discovered a use-after-free issue related to extensions. CVE-2016-1657 Luan Herrera discovered a way to spoof URLs. CVE-2016-1658 Antonio Sanso discovered an information leak related to extensions. CVE-2016-1659 The chrome development team found and fixed various issues during internal auditing.
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 50.0.2661.75-1~deb8u1. For the testing distribution (stretch), these problems will be fixed soon. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 50.0.2661.75-1. We recommend that you upgrade your chromium-browser packages.