SB2015041904 - Buffer overflow in Debian Linux
Published: April 19, 2015 Updated: August 9, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015041904
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1246)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 42.0.2311.90, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via unspecified vectors.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/04/stable-channel-update_14.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00040.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00024.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0816.html
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2570-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3238
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032209
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=437399
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201506-04