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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="202008-10">
+ <title>Chromium, Google Chrome: Heap buffer overflow</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ A vulnerablity has been found in Chromium and Google Chrome that could
+ allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">chromium,google-chrome</product>
+ <announced>2020-08-25</announced>
+ <revised count="1">2020-08-25</revised>
+ <bug>737942</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="www-client/chromium" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">84.0.4147.135</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">84.0.4147.135</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ <package name="www-client/google-chrome" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">84.0.4147.135</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">84.0.4147.135</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+
+ <p>Chromium is an open-source browser project that aims to build a safer,
+ faster, and more stable way for all users to experience the web.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>Google Chrome is one fast, simple, and secure browser for all your
+ devices.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>A buffer overflow has been discovered in Chromium and Google Chrome’s
+ SwiftShader component.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>A remote attacker, by enticing a user to visit a specially crafted
+ website, could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All Chromium users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
+ "&gt;=www-client/chromium-84.0.4147.135"
+ </code>
+
+ <p>All Google Chrome users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
+ "&gt;=www-client/google-chrome-84.0.4147.135"
+ </code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6556">CVE-2020-6556</uri>
+ <uri link="https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_18.html">
+ Upstream advisory
+ </uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2020-08-24T00:46:35Z">sam_c</metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2020-08-25T12:53:21Z">sam_c</metadata>
+</glsa>