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Red Hat 6: RHSA-2015:0163-01 Important: Chromium Browser Security Update

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Calendar Grey February 10, 2015
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Significant update from Red Hat regarding chromium-browser emphasizes crucial patches addressing several vulnerabilities discovered in the application.
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-2015-1209, CVE-2015-1210, CVE-2015-1211, CVE-2015-1212)
All Chromium users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Chromium version 40.0.2214.111, 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 Red Hat critical browser security software flaws browser update

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1209 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1210 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1211 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1212 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2015/02/stable-channel-update.html

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
Source: chromium-browser-40.0.2214.111-1.el6_6.src.rpm
i386: chromium-browser-40.0.2214.111-1.el6_6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-40.0.2214.111-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-40.0.2214.111-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-40.0.2214.111-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
Source: chromium-browser-40.0.2214.111-1.el6_6.src.rpm
i386: chromium-browser-40.0.2214.111-1.el6_6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-40.0.2214.111-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-40.0.2214.111-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-40.0.2214.111-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
Source: chromium-browser-40.0.2214.111-1.el6_6.src.rpm
i386: chromium-browser-40.0.2214.111-1.el6_6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-40.0.2214.111-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-40.0.2214.111-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-40.0.2214.111-1.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-2015:0163-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0163.html
Issue date: 2015-02-10

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 Red Hat critical browser security software flaws browser update

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

1190123 - CVE-2015-1209 chromium-browser: use-after-free in DOM

1190124 - CVE-2015-1210 chromium-browser: cross-origin-bypass in V8 bindings

1190125 - CVE-2015-1211 chromium-browser: privilege escalation in service workers1190158 - CVE-2015-1212 chromium-browser: various security fixes in Chrome 40.0.2214.111

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