[PCWorks] Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities

  • From: "Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin" <PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 08:29:07 -0500

TITLE:
Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities

Software:  Google Chrome 11.x

Criticality level:  Highly critical
Impact:  Security Bypass, Cross Site Scripting, Exposure of
sensitive information, System access
Where:  From remote

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
http://secunia.com/advisories/44829/

DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Google Chrome,
which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose
potentially sensitive information, conduct injection attacks,
bypass certain security restrictions, and potentially
compromise a user's system.

1) A use-after-free error exists within the float handling.

2) A use-after-free error exists within the accessibility
support.

3) An error related to CSS can be exploited to leak history
information.

4) An unspecified error can be exploited to bypass the
extensions permissions.

5) An error related to a stale pointer exists within the
extension framework.

6) An error related to extensions can be exploited to inject
script code into new tab pages.

7) A use-after-free error exists within the developer tools.

8) An unspecified error related to history deletion can be
exploited to corrupt browser memory.

9) A use-after-free error exists within the image loader.

10) An unspecified error allows for "extension injection" into
"chrome://" pages.

11) An error within v8 can be exploited to bypass the same
origin restriction.

12) An error related to the DOM can be exploited to bypass the
same origin restriction.

SOLUTION:
Upgrade to version 12.0.742.91.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/06/chrome-stable-release.html


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