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openSUSE: 2016:2732-1 Important: Chromium Memory Access Issue

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Calendar Grey November 4, 2016
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An essential update notification for openSUSE users regarding a significant security vulnerability in Chromium. Please take immediate action to safeguard your systems.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update to Chromium 54.0.2840.90: fixes the following security issues:

- CVE-2016-5198: out of bounds memory access in v8 (boo#1008274)

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update security fix important memory access openSUSE chromium

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-2016-1266=1

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

Package List

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

chromedriver-54.0.2840.90-112.1

chromedriver-debuginfo-54.0.2840.90-112.1

chromium-54.0.2840.90-112.1

chromium-debuginfo-54.0.2840.90-112.1

chromium-debugsource-54.0.2840.90-112.1

chromium-ffmpegsumo-54.0.2840.90-112.1

chromium-ffmpegsumo-debuginfo-54.0.2840.90-112.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5198.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1008274

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2016:2732-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 .

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security advisory software update security fix important memory access openSUSE chromium

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