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AUSCERT Security Bulletin
ASB-2017.0184
Stack overflow has been identified in Google Chrome
31 October 2017
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Chrome
Operating System: Windows
Mac OS
Linux variants
Impact/Access: Denial of Service -- Remote with User Interaction
Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
Member content until: Wednesday, November 29 2017
OVERVIEW
Stack overflow vulnerabilities have been identified in Google Chrome prior
to version 62.0.3202.75. [1]
IMPACT
Google have provided the following details regarding the
vulnerabilities:
" This update includes 1 security fix contributed by an external
researcher, detailed below. Please see the Chrome Security Page for
more information.
[$3000][770452] High CVE-2017-15396: Stack overflow in V8. Reported
by Yuan Deng of Ant-financial Light-Year Security Lab on 2017-09-30
We would also like to thank all security researchers that worked
with us during the development cycle to prevent security bugs from
ever reaching the stable channel." [1]
MITIGATION
The latest version of Google Chrome can be downloaded from the vendor's website. [2]
REFERENCES
[1] Stack overflow has been identified in Google Chrome
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_26.html
[2] Google Chrome
http://www.google.com/chrome
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