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openSUSE 12: 2016:1623-1 Important: Chromium CVE-2016-1704 Security Patch

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Calendar Grey June 18, 2016
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Important patch for Chromium addresses CVE-2016-1704, strengthening protection for users of openSUSE.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

Chromium was updated to 51.0.2704.103 to fix three vulnerabilities:

- CVE-2016-1704: Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other

initiatives (shared identifier) (boo#985397)

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update important software fix openSUSE Chromium CVE-2016-1704

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2016-742=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

Package List

- SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 (x86_64):

chromedriver-51.0.2704.103-84.1

chromium-51.0.2704.103-84.1

chromium-desktop-gnome-51.0.2704.103-84.1

chromium-desktop-kde-51.0.2704.103-84.1

chromium-ffmpegsumo-51.0.2704.103-84.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1704.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/985397

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2016:1623-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 .

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update important software fix openSUSE Chromium CVE-2016-1704

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