From ${URL} : The stable channel has been updated to 42.0.2311.135 for Windows, Mac and Linux. A list of changes is available in the log. Security Fixes and Rewards Note: Access to bug details and links may be kept restricted until a majority of users are updated with a fix. We will also retain restrictions if the bug exists in a third party library that other projects similarly depend on, but haven’t yet fixed. This update includes 5 security fixes. Below, we highlight fixes that were contributed by external researchers. Please see the Chromium security page for more information. [$TBD][453279] High CVE-2015-1243: Use-after-free in DOM. Credit to Saif El-Sherei. As usual, our ongoing internal security work was responsible for a wide range of fixes: [481777] CVE-2015-1250: Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives. @maintainer(s): after the bump, in case we need to stabilize the package, please let us know if it is ready for the stabilization or not.
amd64 and x86 stable. Cleanup done. Security go ahead.
Added to existing GLSA request (10d1088f3)
CVE-2015-1250 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1250): Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Google Chrome before 42.0.2311.135 allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other impact via unknown vectors. CVE-2015-1243 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1243): Use-after-free vulnerability in the MutationObserver::disconnect function in core/dom/MutationObserver.cpp in the DOM implementation in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 42.0.2311.135, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering an attempt to unregister a MutationObserver object that is not currently registered.
This issue was resolved and addressed in GLSA 201506-04 at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201506-04 by GLSA coordinator Yury German (BlueKnight).
