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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3731-1 (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-2016-5181 A cross-site scripting issue was discovered. CVE-2016-5182 Giwan Go discovered a heap overflow issue. CVE-2016-5183 A use-after-free issue was discovered in the pdfium library. CVE-2016-5184 Another use-after-free issue was discovered in the pdfium library. CVE-2016-5185 cloudfuzzer discovered a use-after-free issue in Blink/Webkit. CVE-2016-5186 Abdulrahman Alqabandi discovered an out-of-bounds read issue in the developer tools. CVE-2016-5187 Luan Herrera discovered a URL spoofing issue. Description truncated. Please see the references for more information.
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 55.0.2883.75-1~deb8u1. For the testing distribution (stretch), these problems will be fixed soon. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 55.0.2883.75-1. We recommend that you upgrade your chromium-browser packages.
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)
- CVE-2016-5181
- CVE-2016-5182
- CVE-2016-5183
- CVE-2016-5184
- CVE-2016-5185
- CVE-2016-5186
- CVE-2016-5187
- CVE-2016-5188
- CVE-2016-5189
- CVE-2016-5190
- CVE-2016-5191
- CVE-2016-5192
- CVE-2016-5193
- CVE-2016-5194
- CVE-2016-5198
- CVE-2016-5199
- CVE-2016-5200
- CVE-2016-5201
- CVE-2016-5202
- CVE-2016-5203
- CVE-2016-5204
- CVE-2016-5205
- CVE-2016-5206
- CVE-2016-5207
- CVE-2016-5208
- CVE-2016-5209
- CVE-2016-5210
- CVE-2016-5211
- CVE-2016-5212
- CVE-2016-5213
- CVE-2016-5214
- CVE-2016-5215
- CVE-2016-5216
- CVE-2016-5217
- CVE-2016-5218
- CVE-2016-5219
- CVE-2016-5220
- CVE-2016-5221
- CVE-2016-5222
- CVE-2016-5223
- CVE-2016-5224
- CVE-2016-5225
- CVE-2016-5226
- CVE-2016-9650
- CVE-2016-9651
- CVE-2016-9652