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USN-5949-1: Chromium vulnerabilities

Publication date

13 March 2023

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Chromium.

Releases

Packages

Details

It was discovered that Chromium could be made to write out of bounds in
several components. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
corrupt memory via a crafted HTML page, resulting in a denial of service,
or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-0930, CVE-2023-1219,
CVE-2023-1220, CVE-2023-1222)

It was discovered that Chromium contained an integer overflow in the PDF
component. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to corrupt
memory via a crafted PDF file, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-0933)

It was discovered that Chromium did not properly manage memory in several
components. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to corrupt
memory via a crafted HTML page,...

It was discovered that Chromium could be made to write out of bounds in
several components. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
corrupt memory via a crafted HTML page, resulting in a denial of service,
or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-0930, CVE-2023-1219,
CVE-2023-1220, CVE-2023-1222)

It was discovered that Chromium contained an integer overflow in the PDF
component. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to corrupt
memory via a crafted PDF file, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-0933)

It was discovered that Chromium did not properly manage memory in several
components. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to corrupt
memory via a crafted HTML page, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-0941, CVE-2023-0928,
CVE-2023-0929, CVE-2023-0931, CVE-2023-1213, CVE-2023-1216, CVE-2023-1218)

It was discovered that Chromium did not correctly distinguish data types
in several components. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
corrupt memory via a crafted HTML page, resulting in a denial of service,
or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-1214, CVE-2023-1215,
CVE-2023-1235)

It was discovered that Chromium insufficiently enforced policies. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass navigation restrictions.
(CVE-2023-1221, CVE-2023-1224)

It was discovered that Chromium insufficiently enforced policies in Web
Payments API. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass
content security policy via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2023-1226)

It was discovered that Chromium contained an inappropriate implementation
in the Permission prompts component. A remote attacker could possibly use
this issue to bypass navigation restrictions via a crafted HTML page.
(CVE-2023-1229)

It was discovered that Chromium insufficiently enforced policies in
Resource Timing component. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2023-1232, CVE-2023-1233)

It was discovered that Chromium contained an inappropriate implementation
in the Internals component. A remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to spoof the origin of an iframe via a crafted HTML page.
(CVE-2023-1236)

Update instructions

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug fixes. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
18.04 bionic chromium-browser –  111.0.5563.64-0ubuntu0.18.04.5

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