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ASA-202006-12: chromium: arbitrary code execution


Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202006-12
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Severity: High
Date : 2020-06-28
CVE-ID : CVE-2020-6509
Package : chromium
Type : arbitrary code execution
Remote : Yes
Link :   https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1192

Summary
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The package chromium before version 83.0.4103.116-1 is vulnerable to
arbitrary code execution.

Resolution
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Upgrade to 83.0.4103.116-1.

# pacman -Syu "chromium>?.0.4103.116-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 83.0.4103.116.

Workaround
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None.

Description
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A use-after-free vulnerability has been found in the extensions
component of chromium before 83.0.4103.116.

Impact
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A remote attacker can execute arbitrary code on the affected host.

References
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  https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_22.html
  https://crbug.com/1092308
  https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-6509