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AUSCERT Security Bulletin
ASB-2012.0175
A number of vulnerabilities have been identified in Google Chrome
13 December 2012
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Google Chrome
Operating System: Windows
OS X
Linux variants
Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote with User Interaction
Denial of Service -- Remote with User Interaction
Reduced Security -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2012-5144 CVE-2012-5143 CVE-2012-5142
CVE-2012-5141 CVE-2012-5140 CVE-2012-5139
Member content until: Saturday, January 12 2013
Reference: ESB-2012.1180
Comment: Google has stated that this build of Chrome also contains a new
version of Adobe Flash.
OVERVIEW
A number of vulnerabilities have been identified in Google Chrome
prior to version 23.0.1271.97. [1]
IMPACT
The vendor has provided the following details regarding these
vulnerabilities:
"[$1500] [158204] High CVE-2012-5139: Use-after-free with visibility
events. Credit to Chamal de Silva.
[$1000] [159429] High CVE-2012-5140: Use-after-free in URL loader.
Credit to Chamal de Silva.
[160456] Medium CVE-2012-5141: Limit Chromoting client plug-in
instantiation. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Jri Aedla).
[160803] Critical CVE-2012-5142: Crash in history navigation. Credit to
Michal Zalewski of Google Security Team.
[160926] Medium CVE-2012-5143: Integer overflow in PPAPI image
buffers. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Cris Neckar).
[$2000] [161639] High CVE-2012-5144: Stack corruption in AAC
decoding. Credit to pawlkt." [1]
MITIGATION
The vendor recommends updating to the latest version of Google Chrome
to correct these issues. [1]
REFERENCES
[1] Stable Channel Update
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/stable-channel-update.html
AusCERT has made every effort to ensure that the information contained
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described is the responsibility of each user or organisation. The decision to
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