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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6: RHSA-2015:0778-01 Critical Chromium Code Exec

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Calendar Grey April 6, 2015
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Critical Chromium vulnerabilities have been identified in Red Hat systems. Users must update their browser immediately to protect against potential exploits
Updated chromium-browser packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Solution

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

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

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-2015-1233, CVE-2015-1234)
All Chromium users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Chromium version 41.0.2272.118, which corrects these issues. After installing the update, Chromium must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

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Topics Covered

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1233 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1234 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2015/04/stable-channel-update.html

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
Source: chromium-browser-41.0.2272.118-1.el6_6.src.rpm
i386: chromium-browser-41.0.2272.118-1.el6_6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-41.0.2272.118-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-41.0.2272.118-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-41.0.2272.118-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
Source: chromium-browser-41.0.2272.118-1.el6_6.src.rpm
i386: chromium-browser-41.0.2272.118-1.el6_6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-41.0.2272.118-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-41.0.2272.118-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-41.0.2272.118-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
Source: chromium-browser-41.0.2272.118-1.el6_6.src.rpm
i386: chromium-browser-41.0.2272.118-1.el6_6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-41.0.2272.118-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-41.0.2272.118-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-41.0.2272.118-1.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-2015:0778-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0778.html
Issue date: 2015-04-06

Topic

Updated chromium-browser packages that fix two security issues are nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Critical 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 code execution red hat enterprise linux chromium

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

1208422 - CVE-2015-1233 chromium-browser: combination of V8, Gamepad and IPC bugs that can lead to remote code execution

1208424 - CVE-2015-1234 chromium-browser: buffer overflow via race condition in GPU

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