| 2012-09-04 19:40:39 |
Daniel Hollocher |
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| 2012-09-04 19:42:47 |
Daniel Hollocher |
description |
Chromium 18 is out of support has has numerous security vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities are listed here:
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/search/label/Stable%20updates
For this reason, users should not be allowed to install chromium 18. Please make this happen by either updating the chromium-browser package, or removing it from the archive (or some other way that I don't know about).
Additionally, there is a collection of ppas for chromium that all have version 18. Those should have action taken as well, either by disabling them, removing the the version 18 binary, posting notices warning away users, or once again, some other way that I don't know about.
There are two ways that I know of that users can acquire an updated and secure version of chromium:
The ppa listed here: https://launchpad.net/~a-v-shkop
or by using Google's google-chrome package.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: chromium-browser (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-29.46-generic 3.2.24
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-29-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Sep 4 15:19:45 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20110921.2)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: chromium-browser
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-22 (135 days ago) |
Chromium 18 is out of support has has numerous security vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities are listed here:
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/search/label/Stable%20updates
For this reason, users should not be allowed to install chromium 18. Please make this happen by either updating the chromium-browser package, or removing it from the archive (or some other way that I don't know about).
Additionally, there is a collection of ppas (https://launchpad.net/~chromium-daily) for chromium that all have version 18. Those should have action taken as well, either by disabling them, removing the the version 18 binary, posting notices warning away users, or once again, some other way that I don't know about.
There are two ways that I know of that users can acquire an updated and secure version of chromium:
The ppa listed here: https://launchpad.net/~a-v-shkop
or by using Google's google-chrome package.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: chromium-browser (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-29.46-generic 3.2.24
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-29-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Sep 4 15:19:45 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20110921.2)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: chromium-browser
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-22 (135 days ago) |
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| 2012-09-04 19:42:54 |
Daniel Hollocher |
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private |
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| 2012-09-04 19:46:18 |
Daniel Hollocher |
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added subscriber Chris Coulson |
| 2012-09-04 19:46:40 |
Daniel Hollocher |
bug |
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added subscriber Fabien Tassin |
| 2012-09-04 19:47:00 |
Daniel Hollocher |
bug |
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added subscriber Micah Gersten |
| 2012-09-04 19:47:20 |
Daniel Hollocher |
bug |
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added subscriber RoboChris |
| 2012-09-04 20:54:54 |
Daniel Hollocher |
description |
Chromium 18 is out of support has has numerous security vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities are listed here:
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/search/label/Stable%20updates
For this reason, users should not be allowed to install chromium 18. Please make this happen by either updating the chromium-browser package, or removing it from the archive (or some other way that I don't know about).
Additionally, there is a collection of ppas (https://launchpad.net/~chromium-daily) for chromium that all have version 18. Those should have action taken as well, either by disabling them, removing the the version 18 binary, posting notices warning away users, or once again, some other way that I don't know about.
There are two ways that I know of that users can acquire an updated and secure version of chromium:
The ppa listed here: https://launchpad.net/~a-v-shkop
or by using Google's google-chrome package.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: chromium-browser (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-29.46-generic 3.2.24
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-29-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Sep 4 15:19:45 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20110921.2)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: chromium-browser
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-22 (135 days ago) |
Chromium 18 is out of support has has numerous security vulnerabilities. A historical listing can be found by browsing here:
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/search/label/Stable%20updates
or see here: http://www.chromium.org/Home/chromium-security
For this reason, users should not be allowed to install chromium 18. Please make this happen by either updating the chromium-browser package, or removing it from the archive (or some other way that I don't know about).
Additionally, there is a collection of ppas (https://launchpad.net/~chromium-daily) for chromium that all have version 18. Those should have action taken as well, either by disabling them, removing the the version 18 binary, posting notices warning away users, or once again, some other way that I don't know about.
There are two ways that I know of that users can acquire an updated and secure version of chromium:
The ppa listed here: https://launchpad.net/~a-v-shkop
or by using Google's google-chrome package.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: chromium-browser (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-29.46-generic 3.2.24
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-29-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Sep 4 15:19:45 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20110921.2)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: chromium-browser
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-22 (135 days ago) |
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| 2012-09-04 21:28:00 |
Micah Gersten |
chromium-browser (Ubuntu): status |
New |
Won't Fix |
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