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TITLE:
Google Chrome NSS Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA46471

VERIFY ADVISORY:
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http://secunia.com/advisories/46471/
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https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=46471

RELEASE DATE:
2011-10-21

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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Google Chrome, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to the application bundling a
vulnerable version of the NSS library.

For more information:
SA46557

The vulnerability is reported in version 14.0.835.186. Other versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Do not open files from untrusted sources.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Luka Treiber, ACROS Security

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Google:
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=97426

ACROS Security:
http://blog.acrossecurity.com/2011/10/google-chrome-pkcs11txt-file-planting.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
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