75541 : Google Chrome Unspecified Garbage Collection PDF Handling Weakness
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2011-09-16

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2011-2841" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Google Chrome before 14.0.835.163 does not properly perform garbage collection during the processing of PDF documents, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access, Context Dependent
Attack Type: Attack Type Unknown
Impact: Impact Unknown
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Private
Disclosure: Vendor Verified, Coordinated Disclosure
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 14.0.835.163 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Google, Inc.

Chrome

13.0.782.220

References

OVAL ID: 14019
Exploit Database: 17929
CVE ID: 2011-2841 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 46049 46260 46636
ISS X-Force ID: 69868
Related OSVDB ID: 75536 75537 75538 75539 75540 75542 75543 75544 75545 75546 75547 75548 75549 75550 75551 75552 75553 75554 75555 75556 75557 75558 75559 75560 75561 75562 75563 75564 75565 75566 75567
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=78639 [ Auth Req'd ]
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/09/stable-channel-update_16.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201111-01.xml
http://www.srware.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=2659
Other Advisory URL: http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8411

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 6.8
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2011-09-19 | Disagree?

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