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Red Hat 6 RHSA-2014:1894-01 Critical: Chromium Security Threat

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Calendar Grey November 24, 2014
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Critical security update available for chromium-browser on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 resolves numerous vulnerabilities.
Updated chromium-browser packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

Chromium is an open-source web browser, powered by WebKit (Blink).
Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Chromium to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Chromium. (CVE-2014-7904, CVE-2014-7906, CVE-2014-7907, CVE-2014-7910, CVE-2014-7908, CVE-2014-7909)
A flaw was found in the way Chromium parsed certain URL values. A malicious attacker could use this flaw to perform phishing attacks. (CVE-2014-7899)
All Chromium users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Chromium version 39.0.2171.65, which corrects these issues. After installing the update, Chromium must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7899 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7904 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7906 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7907 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7908 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7909 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7910 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2014/11/stable-channel-update_18.html

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
Source: chromium-browser-39.0.2171.65-2.el6_6.src.rpm
i386: chromium-browser-39.0.2171.65-2.el6_6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-39.0.2171.65-2.el6_6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-39.0.2171.65-2.el6_6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-39.0.2171.65-2.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Supplementary (v. 6):
Source: chromium-browser-39.0.2171.65-2.el6_6.src.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-39.0.2171.65-2.el6_6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-39.0.2171.65-2.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
Source: chromium-browser-39.0.2171.65-2.el6_6.src.rpm
i386: chromium-browser-39.0.2171.65-2.el6_6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-39.0.2171.65-2.el6_6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-39.0.2171.65-2.el6_6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-39.0.2171.65-2.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
Source: chromium-browser-39.0.2171.65-2.el6_6.src.rpm
i386: chromium-browser-39.0.2171.65-2.el6_6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-39.0.2171.65-2.el6_6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-39.0.2171.65-2.el6_6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-39.0.2171.65-2.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2014:1894-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1894.html
Issue date: 2014-11-24

Topic

Updated chromium-browser packages that fix multiple security issues are nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important securityimpact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which givedetailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from theCVE links in the References section.

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Topics Covered

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Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Supplementary (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1165650 - CVE-2014-7899 chromium-browser: Address bar spoofing

1165652 - CVE-2014-7904 chromium-browser: Buffer overflow in Skia

1165655 - CVE-2014-7906 chromium-browser: Use-after-free in pepper plugins

1165656 - CVE-2014-7907 chromium-browser: Use-after-free in blink

1165657 - CVE-2014-7908 chromium-browser: Integer overflow in media

1165660 - CVE-2014-7909 chromium-browser: Uninitialized memory read in Skia

1165662 - CVE-2014-7910 chromium-browser: Unspecified security issues

1165680 - Update chromium-browser to 39.0.2171.65

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