TITLE: Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities Criticality level: Highly critical Impact: Manipulation of data, System access Where: From remote SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: http://secunia.com/advisories/42850/ DESCRIPTION: Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Google Chrome, where some have an unknown impact and others can be exploited by malicious people to manipulate certain data and potentially compromise a user's system. 1) An unspecified error exists within the extensions notification handling. 2) A second unspecified error exists when handling pointers within node iteration. 3) A third unspecified error exists when printing multi-page PDF files. 4) An error when handling CSS and canvas can be exploited to reference a stale pointer. 5) An error when handling CSS and cursors can be exploited to reference a stale pointer. 6) A use-after-free error when handling PDF pages can be exploited to reference freed memory. 7) An error due to an out-of-memory condition when processing PDF files can be exploited to cause stack corruption. 8) An error when handling mismatched video frame sizes can be exploited to reference invalid memory. 9) An error when handling SVG "<use>" elements can be exploited to reference a stale pointer. 10) An error when handling rouge extensions can be exploited to reference an uninitialised pointer. 11) An error within the Vorbis decoder can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow. 12) An error within PDF shading can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow. 13) An error when handling anchors may result in an incorrect type cast. 14) An error when handling videos may result in an incorrect type cast. 15) An error after removal of a DOM node may result in a stale rendering node. 16) An error when handling speech can be exploited to reference a stale pointer. SOLUTION: Update to version 8.0.552.237. ORIGINAL ADVISORY: http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/01/chrome-stable-release.html ========================= The list's FAQ's can be seen by sending an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with FAQ in the subject line. To unsubscribe, subscribe, set Digest or Vacation to on or off, go to //www.freelists.org/list/pcworks . You can also send an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with Unsubscribe in the subject line. Your member list settings can be found at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi/l=pcworks . Once logged in, you have access to numerous other email options. The list archives are located at //www.freelists.org/archives/pcworks/ . All email posted to the list will be placed there in the event anyone needs to look for previous posts. -zxdjhu-