Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201703-19

Severity: Critical
Date : 2017-03-31
CVE-ID : CVE-2017-5052 CVE-2017-5053 CVE-2017-5054 CVE-2017-5055
CVE-2017-5056
Package : chromium
Type : arbitrary code execution
Remote : Yes
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-231

Summary

The package chromium before version 57.0.2987.133-1 is vulnerable to
arbitrary code execution.

Resolution

Upgrade to 57.0.2987.133-1.

pacman -Syu “chromium>=57.0.2987.133-1”

The problems have been fixed upstream in version 57.0.2987.133.

Workaround

None.

Description

• CVE-2017-5052 (arbitrary code execution)

An invalid cast vulnerability has been found in the Blink component of
the Chromium browser.

• CVE-2017-5053 (arbitrary code execution)

An out of bounds memory access vulnerability has been found in the V8
component of the Chromium browser.

• CVE-2017-5054 (arbitrary code execution)

A heap buffer overflow vulnerability has been found in the V8 component
of the Chromium browser.

• CVE-2017-5055 (arbitrary code execution)

A use-after-free vulnerability has been found in the printing component
of the Chromium browser.

• CVE-2017-5056 (arbitrary code execution)

A use-after-free vulnerability has been found in the Blink component of
the Chromium browser.

Impact

A remote attacker can execute arbitrary code on the affected host.

References

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_29.html
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=662767
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=702058
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=699166
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=698622
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=705445
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-5052
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-5053
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-5054
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-5055
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-5056