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Debian Security Advisory DSA 4024-1 (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 browser. CVE-2017-15398 Ned Williamson discovered a stack overflow issue. CVE-2017-15399 Zhao Qixun discovered a use-after-free issue in the v8 javascript library.
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 oldstable distribution (jessie), security support for chromium has been discontinued. For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 62.0.3202.89-1~deb9u1. For the testing distribution (buster), these problems will be fixed soon. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 62.0.3202.89-1. We recommend that you upgrade your chromium-browser packages.