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AUSCERT Security Bulletin
ASB-2014.0104
A number of vulnerabilities have been identified in Google Chrome
10 September 2014
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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 -- Unknown/Unspecified
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2014-3179 CVE-2014-3178
Member content until: Friday, October 10 2014
OVERVIEW
A number of vulnerabilities have been identified in Google Chrome
prior to version 37.0.2062.120. [1]
IMPACT
The vendor has provided the following details regarding these
vulnerabilities:
"Security Fixes and Rewards
Note: Access to bug details and links may be kept restricted until a
majority of users are updated with a fix. We will also retain
restrictions if the bug exists in a third party library that other
projects similarly depend on, but haven't yet fixed.
This update includes 4 security fixes. Below, we highlight fixes
that were either contributed by external researchers or particularly
interesting. Please see the Chromium security page for more
information.
[$2000][401362] High CVE-2014-3178: Use-after-free in rendering.
Credit to miaubiz.
As usual, our ongoing internal security work responsible for a wide
range of fixes: [411014] CVE-2014-3179: Various fixes from internal
audits, fuzzing and other initiatives." [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/2014/09/stable-channel-update_9.html
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