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USN-5949-1: Chromium vulnerabilities

13 March 2023

Several security issues were fixed in Chromium.

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It was discovered that Chromium could be made to write out of bounds in
several components. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
corrupt memory via a crafted HTML page, resulting in a denial of service,
or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-0930, CVE-2023-1219,
CVE-2023-1220, CVE-2023-1222)

It was discovered that Chromium contained an integer overflow in the PDF
component. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to corrupt
memory via a crafted PDF file, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-0933)

It was discovered that Chromium did not properly manage memory in several
components. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to corrupt
memory via a crafted HTML page, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-0941, CVE-2023-0928,
CVE-2023-0929, CVE-2023-0931, CVE-2023-1213, CVE-2023-1216, CVE-2023-1218)

It was discovered that Chromium did not correctly distinguish data types
in several components. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
corrupt memory via a crafted HTML page, resulting in a denial of service,
or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-1214, CVE-2023-1215,
CVE-2023-1235)

It was discovered that Chromium insufficiently enforced policies. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass navigation restrictions.
(CVE-2023-1221, CVE-2023-1224)

It was discovered that Chromium insufficiently enforced policies in Web
Payments API. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass
content security policy via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2023-1226)

It was discovered that Chromium contained an inappropriate implementation
in the Permission prompts component. A remote attacker could possibly use
this issue to bypass navigation restrictions via a crafted HTML page.
(CVE-2023-1229)

It was discovered that Chromium insufficiently enforced policies in
Resource Timing component. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2023-1232, CVE-2023-1233)

It was discovered that Chromium contained an inappropriate implementation
in the Internals component. A remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to spoof the origin of an iframe via a crafted HTML page.
(CVE-2023-1236)

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 18.04

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug
fixes. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.