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AUSCERT Security Bulletin
ASB-2016.0055
Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Google Chrome
12 May 2016
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Google Chrome
Operating System: Windows
OS X
Linux variants
Android
Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote with User Interaction
Access Confidential Data -- Remote with User Interaction
Reduced Security -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2016-1671 CVE-2016-1670 CVE-2016-1669
CVE-2016-1668 CVE-2016-1667
Member content until: Saturday, June 11 2016
OVERVIEW
Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Google Chrome prior
to version 50.0.2661.102. [1]
IMPACT
The vendor has provided the following information about the
vulnerabilities:
"This update includes 5 security fixes. Below, we highlight fixes
that were contributed by external researchers. Please see the
Chromium security page for more information.
[$8000][605766] High CVE-2016-1667: Same origin bypass in DOM.
Credit to Mariusz Mlynski.
[$7500][605910] High CVE-2016-1668: Same origin bypass in Blink V8
bindings. Credit to Mariusz Mlynski.
[$3000][606115] High CVE-2016-1669: Buffer overflow in V8. Credit to
Choongwoo Han.
[$1337][578882] Medium CVE-2016-1670: Race condition in loader.
Credit to anonymous.
[$500][586657] Medium CVE-2016-1671: Directory traversal using the
file scheme on Android. Credit to Jann Horn." [1]
MITIGATION
The vendor recommends updating to the latest version to correct
these issues. [1]
REFERENCES
[1] Stable Channel Update
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com.au/2016/05/stable-channel-update.html
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