A chromium security update has been released for Arch Linux.
Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202002-11
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Severity: High
Date : 2020-02-25
CVE-ID : CVE-2020-6407 CVE-2020-6418
Package : chromium
Type : multiple issues
Remote : Yes
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1102
Summary
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The package chromium before version 80.0.3987.122-1 is vulnerable to
multiple issues including arbitrary code execution and information
disclosure.
Resolution
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Upgrade to 80.0.3987.122-1.
# pacman -Syu "chromium>?.0.3987.122-1"
The problems have been fixed upstream in version 80.0.3987.122.
Workaround
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None.
Description
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- CVE-2020-6407 (information disclosure)
An out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability has been found in the
streams component of chromium before 80.0.3987.122.
- CVE-2020-6418 (arbitrary code execution)
A type confusion vulnerability has been found in the V8 component of
chromium before 80.0.3987.122.
Impact
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A remote attacker can access sensitive information or execute arbitrary
code on the affected host.
References
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https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_24.html
https://crbug.com/1045931
https://crbug.com/1053604
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-6407
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-6418