[PCWorks] Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities

  • From: "Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin" <PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2013 03:08:22 -0600

TITLE:
Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities

Criticality level: Highly critical
Impact: Security Bypass, System access
Where: From remote

Software:  Google Chrome 23.x

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
http://secunia.com/advisories/51825/

DESCRIPTION:
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Google Chrome, 
where
some have an unknown impact and others can be exploited by 
malicious
people to bypass certain security restrictions and compromise a
user's system.

1) A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the bundled 
version of
Adobe Flash Player.

For more information:
http://secunia.com/SA51771/

2) A use-after-free error exists when handling SVG layouts.

3) An error when handling URLs can be exploited to bypass the 
same
origin policy.

4) A use-after-free error exists when handling certain DOM 
objects.

5) An unspecified error exists when handling certain filenames.

6) An integer overflow error exists when handling audio IPC.

7) A use-after-free error exists when seeking video.

8) An integer overflow error exists when handling JavaScript in 
PDF
files.

9) An out-of-bounds read error exists when seeking video.

10) An out-of-bounds stack access error exists in v8.

11) An integer overflow error exists in shared memory 
allocation.

NOTE: This vulnerability affects Windows only.

12) An unspecified error can be exploited to bypass the sandbox 
for
worker processes.

NOTE: This security issue affects Mac only.

13) A use-after-free error exists when handling certain fields 
in PDF
files.

14) Some out-of-bounds read errors exist when handling images 
in PDF
files.

15) A bad cast error exists in PDF root handling.

16) An unspecified error can be exploited to corrupt database
metadata and access certain files.

17) A use-after-free error exists when printing.

18) An out-of-bounds read error exists when printing.

19) An out-of-bounds read error exists when handling glyph.

20) An unspecified error exists within v8 garbage collection.

21) An unspecified error exists within extension tab handling.

The vulnerabilities are reported in versions prior to 
24.0.1312.52.

SOLUTION:
Upgrade to version 24.0.1312.52.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2013/01/stable-channel-update.html


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