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Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4404-1 chromium -- security update

Date Reported:

09 Mar 2019

Affected Packages:

chromium

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2019-5786.

More information:

Clement Lecigne discovered a use-after-free issue in chromium's file reader implementation. A maliciously crafted file could be used to remotely execute arbitrary code because of this problem.

This update also fixes a regression introduced in a previous update. The browser would always crash when launched in remote debugging mode.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 72.0.3626.122-1~deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your chromium packages.

For the detailed security status of chromium please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/chromium