On mer., 2015-05-27 at 12:52 +0200, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> On mer., 2015-05-27 at 01:23 +0900, YOSHINO Yoshihito wrote:
> > Package: chromium
> > Version: 43.0.2357.65-1
> > Severity: serious
> > Tags: security upstream
> > Justification: Policy 2.1.2
> > Control: forwarded -1 
> > https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=491435
> > 
> > Dear Maintainer,
> > 
> > After upgrading chromium to 43, I noticed that when it is running and
> > immediately after the machine is on-line it silently starts downloading
> > "Chrome Hotword Shared Module" extension, which contains a binary without
> > source code. There seems no opt-out config.
> > 
> > $ chromium --temp-profile &
> > $ find 
> > /tmp/tmp.*/Default/Extensions/lccekmodgklaepjeofjdjpbminllajkg/0.3.0.5_0/_platform_specific/
> > /tmp/tmp.YClr3VfmnS/Default/Extensions/lccekmodgklaepjeofjdjpbminllajkg/0.3.0.5_0/_platform_specific/
> > /tmp/tmp.YClr3VfmnS/Default/Extensions/lccekmodgklaepjeofjdjpbminllajkg/0.3.0.5_0/_platform_specific/x86-64_ja
> > /tmp/tmp.YClr3VfmnS/Default/Extensions/lccekmodgklaepjeofjdjpbminllajkg/0.3.0.5_0/_platform_specific/x86-64_ja/hotword.data
> > /tmp/tmp.YClr3VfmnS/Default/Extensions/lccekmodgklaepjeofjdjpbminllajkg/0.3.0.5_0/_platform_specific/x86-64_ja/hotword-x86-64.nexe
> > $ file 
> > /tmp/tmp.YClr3VfmnS/Default/Extensions/lccekmodgklaepjeofjdjpbminllajkg/0.3.0.5_0/_platform_specific/x86-64_ja/hotword-x86-64.nexe
> > /tmp/tmp.YClr3VfmnS/Default/Extensions/lccekmodgklaepjeofjdjpbminllajkg/0.3.0.5_0/_platform_specific/x86-64_ja/hotword-x86-64.nexe:
> >  ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), statically linked, 
> > BuildID[sha1]=24d25d55886dca48921031d6928b0a34f5659830, stripped
> 
> Even worse, that extension:
> 
> - doesn't appear in the extension list;
> - is apparently used to provide an “ok google” voice activation stuff.
> 
> That's definitely not the stuff we'd like installed by default, without
> the user knowing (even if it's supposedly not installed).
> 
chrome://voicesearch returns:

About Voice Search

Chromium        43.0.2357.65 (Built on Debian stretch/sid, running on Debian 
stretch/sid)
OS      Linux
NaCl Enabled    No
Microphone      No
Audio Capture Allowed   Yes
Current Language        en-US
Hotword Previous Language       en-US
Hotword Search Enabled  No
Always-on Hotword Search Enabled        No
Hotword Audio Logging Enabled   No
Field trial     
Start Page State        No Start Page Service
Extension Id    nbpagnldghgfoolbancepceaanlmhfmd
Extension Version       0.0.1.4
Extension Path  /usr/lib/chromium/resources/hotword
Extension State ENABLED
Shared Module Id        lccekmodgklaepjeofjdjpbminllajkg
Shared Module Version   0.3.0.5
Shared Module Path      
/tmp/tmp.Qz1UgqPUid/Default/Extensions/lccekmodgklaepjeofjdjpbminllajkg/0.3.0.5_0
Shared Module State     ENABLED
Shared Module Platforms x86-64_

The fact that Audio Capture Allowed is set to yes, and that both the
extension and the shared module are marked as “enabled” are definitely
bothering me.

Regards
-- 
Yves-Alexis

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