Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202004-20

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

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

Resolution

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

None.

Description

• 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

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

References

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