| Secunia ID |
SA49906
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| CVE-ID |
CVE-2012-2842, CVE-2012-2843, CVE-2012-2844
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| Release Date |
12 Jul 2012
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| Criticality |
Highly Critical
Typically used for remotely exploitable vulnerabilities that can lead to system compromise. Successful exploitation does not normally require any interaction but there are no known exploits available at the time of disclosure.
Such vulnerabilities can exist in services like FTP, HTTP, and SMTP or in client systems like email programs or browsers.
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| Solution Status |
Vendor Patch
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| Software |
Google Chrome 20.x
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| Where |
From remote
"From remote" describes other vulnerabilities where the attack vector doesn't require access to the system or a local network.
This category covers services that are acceptable to expose to the Internet (e.g. HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP). It also covers client applications used on the Internet and certain vulnerabilities where it is reasonable to assume that a security conscious user can be tricked into performing certain actions.
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| Impact |
System access
This covers vulnerabilities where malicious people are able to gain system access and execute arbitrary code with the privileges of a local user.
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| Description |
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Google Chrome, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. 1) A use-after-free error exists within counter handling. 2) A use-after-free error exists within layout height tracking. 3) An unspecified error when handling JavaScript within PDFs can be exploited to access certain objects.
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| Solution |
Update to version 20.0.1132.57.
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| Reported by |
The vendor credits: 1, 2) miaubiz 3) Alexey Samsonov
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| Original Advisory |
Google: http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/07/stable-channel-update.html
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