openSUSE: 2016:2309-1 Critical Update for Chromium Security Issues
opensuse
September 15, 2016
An update that fixes 6 vulnerabilities is now available
Description
Chromium was updated to 53.0.2785.113 to fix a number of security issues
and bugs.
The following vulnerabilities were fixed:
- CVE-2016-5170: Use after free in Blink
- CVE-2016-5171: Use after free in Blink
- CVE-2016-5172: Arbitrary Memory Read in v8
- CVE-2016-5173: Extension resource access
- CVE-2016-5174: Popup not correctly suppressed
- CVE-2016-5175: Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other
initiatives.
The following upstream fixes are included:
- SPDY crasher fixes
- Disable NV12 DXGI video on AMD
- Forward --password-store switch to os_crypt
- Tell the kernel to discard USB requests when they time out.
- disallow WKBackForwardListItem navigations for pushState pages
- arc: bluetooth: Fix advertised uuid
- fix conflicting PendingIntent for stop button and swipe away
The widevine plugin was re-enabled (boo#998328).
Topics Covered
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-2016-1084=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List
- SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 (x86_64):
chromedriver-53.0.2785.113-100.1
chromedriver-debuginfo-53.0.2785.113-100.1
chromium-53.0.2785.113-100.1
chromium-debuginfo-53.0.2785.113-100.1
chromium-desktop-gnome-53.0.2785.113-100.1
chromium-desktop-kde-53.0.2785.113-100.1
chromium-ffmpegsumo-53.0.2785.113-100.1
chromium-ffmpegsumo-debuginfo-53.0.2785.113-100.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5170.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5171.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5172.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5173.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5174.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5175.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/998328
https://bugzilla.suse.com/998743
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2016:2309-1
Rating: important
Affected Products:
SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12
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Topics Covered
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