[PCWorks] Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities

  • From: "Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin" <PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 04:55:24 -0600

TITLE:
Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities

Criticality level:  Highly critical
Impact:  System access
Where:  From remote

Software:  Google Chrome 23.x

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
http://secunia.com/advisories/51437/

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

1) A use-after-free error exists in SVG filters.

2) An out-of-bounds read error exists in Skia.

3) An error exists within the libxml2 library.

For more information see vulnerability #2:
http://secunia.com/SA48000/

4) A use-after-free error exists within printing.

5) A bad cast error exists within input element handling.

The vulnerabilities are reported in versions prior to 
23.0.1271.91.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 23.0.1271.91.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.dk/2012/11/stable-channel-update.html


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