A chromium security update has been released for Arch Linux.

ASA-202004-20: chromium: multiple issues

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202004-20
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Severity: High
Date : 2020-04-22
CVE-ID : CVE-2020-6458 CVE-2020-6459 CVE-2020-6460
Package : chromium
Type : multiple issues
Remote : Yes
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1140

Summary
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The package chromium before version 81.0.4044.122-1 is vulnerable to
multiple issues including arbitrary code execution and insufficient
validation.

Resolution
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Upgrade to 81.0.4044.122-1.

# pacman -Syu "chromium>=81.0.4044.122-1"

The problems have been fixed upstream in version 81.0.4044.122.

Workaround
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None.

Description
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- CVE-2020-6458 (arbitrary code execution)

An out of bounds read and write security issue has been found in the
PDFium component of the chromium browser before 81.0.4044.122.

- CVE-2020-6459 (arbitrary code execution)

A use-after-free security issue has been found in the payments
component of the chromium browser before 81.0.4044.122.

- CVE-2020-6460 (insufficient validation)

An insufficient data validation security issue has been found in the
URL formatting component of the chromium browser before 81.0.4044.122.

Impact
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A remote attacker might be able to bypass restrictions, access
sensitive information or execute arbitrary code on the affected host.

References
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https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.html
https://crbug.com/1067270
https://crbug.com/1065298
https://crbug.com/1063566
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-6458
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-6459
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-6460