Summary
The remote host is missing an update to chromium-browser announced via advisory DSA 2166-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%202166-1
Insight
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the Chromium browser.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:
CVE-2011-0777
Use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome before 9.0.597.84 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to image loading
CVE-2011-0778
Google Chrome before 9.0.597.84 does not properly restrict drag and drop operations, which might allow remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via unspecified vectors
CVE-2011-0783
Unspecified vulnerability in Google Chrome before 9.0.597.84 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors involving a bad volume setting.
CVE-2011-0983
Google Chrome before 9.0.597.94 does not properly handle anonymous blocks, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors that lead to a stale pointer.
CVE-2011-0981
Google Chrome before 9.0.597.94 does not properly perform event handling for animations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors that lead to a stale pointer.
CVE-2011-0984
Google Chrome before 9.0.597.94 does not properly handle plug-ins, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via unspecified vectors
CVE-2011-0985
Google Chrome before 9.0.597.94 does not properly perform process termination upon memory exhaustion, which has unspecified impact and remote attack vectors.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in version 6.0.472.63~r59945-5+squeeze2
For the testing distribution (wheezy), these problems will be fixed soon.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 9.0.597.98~r74359-1
We recommend that you upgrade your chromium-browser packages.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2011-0777, CVE-2011-0778, CVE-2011-0783, CVE-2011-0981, CVE-2011-0983, CVE-2011-0984, CVE-2011-0985 -
CVSS Base Score: 10.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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