A chromium security update has been released for Arch Linux.

ASA-202009-9: chromium: multiple issues

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202009-9
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Severity: High
Date : 2020-09-23
CVE-ID : CVE-2020-15960 CVE-2020-15961 CVE-2020-15962 CVE-2020-15963
CVE-2020-15964 CVE-2020-15965 CVE-2020-15966
Package : chromium
Type : multiple issues
Remote : Yes
Link :   https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1234

Summary
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The package chromium before version 85.0.4183.121-1 is vulnerable to
multiple issues including access restriction bypass, arbitrary code
execution, information disclosure and insufficient validation.

Resolution
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Upgrade to 85.0.4183.121-1.

# pacman -Syu "chromium>?.0.4183.121-1"

The problems have been fixed upstream in version 85.0.4183.121.

Workaround
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None.

Description
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- CVE-2020-15960 (information disclosure)

An out of bounds read security issue has been found in the storage
component of the chromium browser before 85.0.4183.121.

- CVE-2020-15961 (access restriction bypass)

An insufficient policy enforcement security issue has been found in the
extensions component of the chromium browser before 85.0.4183.121

- CVE-2020-15962 (access restriction bypass)

An insufficient policy enforcement security issue has been found in the
serial component of the chromium browser before 85.0.4183.121.

- CVE-2020-15963 (access restriction bypass)

An insufficient policy enforcement security issue has been found in the
extensions component of the chromium browser before 85.0.4183.121.

- CVE-2020-15964 (arbitrary code execution)

An out of bounds write security issue has been found in the V8
component of the chromium browser before 85.0.4183.121.

- CVE-2020-15965 (access restriction bypass)

An insufficient policy enforcement security issue has been found in the
extensions component of the chromium browser before 85.0.4183.121.

- CVE-2020-15966 (insufficient validation)

An insufficient data validation security issue has been found in the
media component of the chromium browser before 85.0.4183.121.

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

References
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  https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.html
  https://crbug.com/1100136
  https://crbug.com/1114636
  https://crbug.com/1121836
  https://crbug.com/1113558
  https://crbug.com/1126249
  https://crbug.com/1113565
  https://crbug.com/1121414
  https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-15960
  https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-15961
  https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-15962
  https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-15963
  https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-15964
  https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-15965
  https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-15966