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AUSCERT Security Bulletin
ASB-2010.0201.2
Google have released an update for Chrome
8 September 2010
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Google Chrome
Operating System: Windows
Linux variants
Mac OS X
Impact/Access: Access Privileged Data -- Remote with User Interaction
Denial of Service -- Remote with User Interaction
Provide Misleading Information -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2010-3259 CVE-2010-3258 CVE-2010-3257
CVE-2010-3256 CVE-2010-3255 CVE-2010-3254
CVE-2010-3253 CVE-2010-3252 CVE-2010-3251
CVE-2010-3250 CVE-2010-3249 CVE-2010-3248
CVE-2010-3247 CVE-2010-3246
Member content until: Sunday, October 3 2010
Revision History: September 8 2010: Added CVE references
September 3 2010: Initial Release
OVERVIEW
Google have released an update for Chrome, correcting several security
vulnerabilities.
IMPACT
The vendor has provided the following information regarding these
vulnerabilities:
"* [34414] Low Pop-up blocker bypass with blank frame target.
Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Inferno) and ironfist99.
* [37201] Medium URL bar visual spoofing with homographic
sequences. Credit to Chris Weber of Casaba Security.
* [41654] Medium Apply more restrictions on setting clipboard
content. Credit to Brook Novak.
* [45659] High Stale pointer with SVG filters. Credit to Tavis
Ormandy of the Google Security Team.
* [45876] Medium Possible installed extension enumeration. Credit
to Lostmon.
* [46750] [51846] Low Browser NULL crash with WebSockets. Credit
to Google Chrome Security Team (SkyLined), Google Chrome
Security Team (Justin Schuh) and Keith Campbell.
* [$1000] [50386] High Use-after-free in Notifications presenter.
Credit to Sergey Glazunov.
* [50839] High Notification permissions memory corruption. Credit
to Michal Zalewski of the Google Security Team and Google Chrome
Security Team (SkyLined).
* [$1337] [51630] [51739] High Integer errors in WebSockets.
Credit to Keith Campbell and Google Chrome Security Team (Cris
Neckar).
* [$500] [51653] High Memory corruption with counter nodes.
Credit to kuzzcc.
* [51727] Low Avoid storing excessive autocomplete entries. Credit
to Google Chrome Security Team (Inferno).
* [52443] High Stale pointer in focus handling. Credit to VUPEN
Vulnerability Research Team (VUPEN-SR-2010-249).
* [$1000] [52682] High Sandbox parameter deserialization error.
Credit to Ashutosh Mehra and Vineet Batra of the Adobe Reader
Sandbox Team.
* [$500] [53001] Medium Cross-origin image theft. Credit to Isaac
Dawson.
This release also fixes [51070] (Windows kernel bug workaround;
credit to Marc Schoenefeld), which was incorrectly declared fixed
in version 5.0.375.127." [1]
MITIGATION
The latest version of Google Chrome (currently 6.0.472.53) can be
downloaded from the vendor's website. [2]
The update can also be applied from within Google Chrome using
the built in update feature.
REFERENCES
[1] Stable and Beta Channel Updates
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/search/label/Stable%20updates
[2] Google Chrome - Get a fast new browser. For PC, Mac, and Linux
http://www.google.com/chrome
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