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Red Hat: RHSA-2015:0093-01 Important Chromium-Browser Security Issue

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Calendar Grey January 27, 2015
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Crucial patch for chromium-browser on Red Hat resolves several vulnerabilities, promoting enhanced security for web navigation.
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-2014-7923, CVE-2014-7924, CVE-2014-7925, CVE-2014-7926, CVE-2014-7927, CVE-2014-7928, CVE-2014-7929, CVE-2014-7930, CVE-2014-7931, CVE-2014-7932, CVE-2014-7933, CVE-2014-7934, CVE-2014-7935, CVE-2014-7936, CVE-2014-7937, CVE-2014-7938, CVE-2014-7939, CVE-2014-7940, CVE-2014-7941, CVE-2014-7942, CVE-2014-7943, CVE-2014-7944, CVE-2014-7945, CVE-2014-7946, CVE-2014-7947, CVE-2014-7948)
All Chromium users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Chromium version 40.0.2214.91, which corrects these issues. After installing the update, Chromium must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue critical software update Red Hat Enterprise Linux web browser chromium-browser

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7923 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7924 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7925 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7926 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7927 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7928 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7929 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7930 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7931 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7932 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7933 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7934 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7935 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7936 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7937 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7938 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7939 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7940 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7941 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7942 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7943 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7944 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7945 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7946 Read the Full Advisory

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
Source: chromium-browser-40.0.2214.91-1.el6_6.src.rpm
i386: chromium-browser-40.0.2214.91-1.el6_6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-40.0.2214.91-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-40.0.2214.91-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-40.0.2214.91-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
Source: chromium-browser-40.0.2214.91-1.el6_6.src.rpm
i386: chromium-browser-40.0.2214.91-1.el6_6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-40.0.2214.91-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-40.0.2214.91-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-40.0.2214.91-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
Source: chromium-browser-40.0.2214.91-1.el6_6.src.rpm
i386: chromium-browser-40.0.2214.91-1.el6_6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-40.0.2214.91-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-40.0.2214.91-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-40.0.2214.91-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2015:0093-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0093.html
Issue date: 2015-01-27

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

security advisory security issue critical software update Red Hat Enterprise Linux web browser chromium-browser

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

1185202 - CVE-2014-7923 ICU: regexp engine memory corruption

1185203 - CVE-2014-7924 chromium-browser: use-after-free in IndexedDB

1185204 - CVE-2014-7925 chromium-browser: use-after-free in WebAudio

1185205 - CVE-2014-7926 ICU: regexp engine memory corruption

1185206 - CVE-2014-7927 chromium-browser: memory corruption in V8

1185208 - CVE-2014-7928 chromium-browser: memory corruption in V8

1185209 - CVE-2014-7929 chromium-browser: use-after-free in DOM

1185210 - CVE-2014-7930 chromium-browser: use-after-free in DOM

1185211 - CVE-2014-7931 chromium-browser: memory corruption in V8

1185212 - CVE-2014-7932 chromium-browser: use-after-free in DOM

1185213 - CVE-2014-7933 chromium-browser: use-after-free in FFmpeg

1185214 - CVE-2014-7934 chromium-browser: use-after-free in DOM

1185215 - CVE-2014-7935 chromium-browser: use-after-free in Speech

1185216 - CVE-2014-7936 chromium-browser: use-after-free in Views

1185217 - CVE-2014-7937 chromium-browser: use-after-free in FFmpeg

1185218 - CVE-2014-7938 chromium-browser: memory corruption in Fonts

1185219 - CVE-2014-7939 chromium-browser: same-origin-bypass in V8

1185220 - CVE-2014-7940 ICU: uninitialized value use in the collation component

1185221 - CVE-2014-7941 chromium-browser: out-of-bounds read in UI

1185222 - CVE-2014-7942 chromium-browser: uninitialized-value in Fonts

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