[Pkg-chromium-maint] Bug#626445: Bug#626445: multiple (89!) security issues in chromium

Giuseppe Iuculano giuseppe at iuculano.it
Fri May 13 17:50:21 UTC 2011


Hi Antoine,

thanks for the bug report.

On 05/12/2011 06:14 AM, Antoine Beaupré wrote:
> But the version in stable is a much more serious issue. I do not think
> there is the possbility of maintaining that branch all by ourselves
> here, and I would recommend either dropping the package from stable and
> rely on backports, or simply ship the next squeeze release with the 10.x
> version.
> 
> Right now, I have the feeling that a lot of people are using Google
> Chrome's Debian package instead of the chromium package. People like me
> that stick with the Debian package are actually left in the cold with an
> outdated version that is actually very vulnerable.
> 
> This situation seems rather problematic and should be resolved.


The situation is not so problematic, chromium in squeeze is vulnerable
to only 7 CVEs, I will update the tracker and do a security upload soon.
A sid upload is also on the way.

Cheers,
Giuseppe.

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