Secunia Security Advisory - Gentoo has issued an update for chromium. This fixes multiple vulnerabilities, where some have unknown impacts and others can be exploited by malicious people to disclose certain sensitive information, bypass certain security restrictions, and compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Gentoo update for chromium
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA50259
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RELEASE DATE:
2012-08-15
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DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for chromium. This fixes multiple
vulnerabilities, where some have unknown impacts and others can be
exploited by malicious people to disclose certain sensitive
information, bypass certain security restrictions, and compromise a
user's system.
For more information:
SA49724
SA49906
SA50105
SOLUTION:
Update to "www-client/chromium-21.0.1180.57" or later.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
GLSA 201208-03:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201208-03.xml
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