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Fedora 25: 2016-eec838a3a0 Critical: Chromium Browser Security Fix

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Calendar Grey September 13, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
The recent stable update for Firefox on Fedora 25 addresses significant security issues associated with multiple vulnerabilities impacting the web browser.
Stable update to 53.0.2785.101

Summary

Chromium is an open-source web browser, powered by WebKit (Blink).

Update Information:

Stable update to 53.0.2785.101. Security fix for CVE-2016-5147, CVE-2016-5148, CVE-2016-5149, CVE-2016-5150, CVE-2016-5151, CVE-2016-5152, CVE-2016-5153, CVE-2016-5154, CVE-2016-5155, CVE-2016-5156, CVE-2016-5157, CVE-2016-5158, CVE-2016-5159, CVE-2016-5161, CVE-2016-5162, CVE-2016-5163, CVE-2016-5164, CVE-2016-5165, CVE-2016-5166, CVE-2016-5160, CVE-2016-5167 Also applies fix for chrome-remote-desktop where HOME env variable was not properly set via systemd service.

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Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1372229 - CVE-2016-5167 chromium-browser: various fixes from internal audits https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1372229 [ 2 ] Bug #1372228 - CVE-2016-5160 chromium-browser: extensions web accessible resources bypass https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1372228 [ 3 ] Bug #1372227 - CVE-2016-5166 chromium-browser: smb relay attack via save page as https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1372227 [ 4 ] Bug #1372225 - CVE-2016-5165 chromium-browser: script injection in devtools https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1372225 [ 5 ] Bug #1372224 - CVE-2016-5164 chromium-browser: universal xss using devtools https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1372224 [ 6 ] Bug #1372223 - CVE-2016-5163 chromium-browser: address bar spoofing https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1372223 [ 7 ] Bug #1372222 - CVE-2016-5162 chromium-browser: extensions web accessible resources bypass https://bu...

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Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update chromium' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

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Name: chromium
Product: Fedora 25
Version: 53.0.2785.101
Release: 1.fc25
URL: https://www.chromium.org/Home/
Summary: A WebKit (Blink) powered web browser

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