[PCWorks] Google Chrome Vulnerability Floating Point Parsing Buffer Overflow
- From: "Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin" <PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 03:25:53 -0500
TITLE:
Google Chrome Floating Point Parsing Buffer Overflow
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA36913
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/36913/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Google Chrome, which can
be
exploited by malicious people to potentially compromise a
user's
system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when
parsing
floating point numbers. This can be exploited to cause a buffer
overflow by tricking a user into visiting a malicious website.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code
in the
Google Chrome sandbox.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 3.0.195.24.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 3.0.195.24.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Google:
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2009/09/stable-channel-update_30.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SecurityReason:
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/63
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