Subject: [ASA-202011-9] chromium: arbitrary code execution

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202011-9
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Severity: High
Date    : 2020-11-10
CVE-ID  : CVE-2020-16016
Package : chromium
Type    : arbitrary code execution
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1267

Summary
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The package chromium before version 86.0.4240.193-1 is vulnerable to
arbitrary code execution.

Resolution
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Upgrade to 86.0.4240.193-1.

# pacman -Syu "chromium>=86.0.4240.193-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 86.0.4240.193.

Workaround
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None.

Description
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An inappropriate implementation issue has been found in chromium before
86.0.4240.193.

Impact
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A remote attacker might be able to execute arbitrary code on the
affected host.

References
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https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_9.html
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1146679
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-16016