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Red Hat 6: RHSA-2015:0816-01 Important Chromium Browser Security Fix

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Calendar Grey April 16, 2015
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Updates for chromium-browser on Red Hat 6 have just been released, addressing essential security flaws and issues.
Updated chromium-browser packages that fix multiple 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-2015-1235, CVE-2015-1236, CVE-2015-1237, CVE-2015-1238, CVE-2015-1240, CVE-2015-1241, CVE-2015-1242, CVE-2015-1244, CVE-2015-1245, CVE-2015-1246, CVE-2015-1247, CVE-2015-1248, CVE-2015-1249)
All Chromium users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Chromium version 42.0.2311.90, 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-2015-1235 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1236 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1237 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1238 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1240 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1241 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1242 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1244 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1245 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1246 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1247 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1248 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1249 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2015/04/stable-channel-update_14.html

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
Source: chromium-browser-42.0.2311.90-1.el6_6.src.rpm
i386: chromium-browser-42.0.2311.90-1.el6_6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-42.0.2311.90-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-42.0.2311.90-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-42.0.2311.90-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
Source: chromium-browser-42.0.2311.90-1.el6_6.src.rpm
i386: chromium-browser-42.0.2311.90-1.el6_6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-42.0.2311.90-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-42.0.2311.90-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-42.0.2311.90-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
Source: chromium-browser-42.0.2311.90-1.el6_6.src.rpm
i386: chromium-browser-42.0.2311.90-1.el6_6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-42.0.2311.90-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-42.0.2311.90-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-42.0.2311.90-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2015:0816-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0816.html
Issue date: 2015-04-16

Topic

Updated chromium-browser packages that fix multiple security issues are nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.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 security patch web browser important update 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

1211919 - CVE-2015-1235 chromium-browser: Cross-origin-bypass in HTML parser

1211920 - CVE-2015-1236 chromium-browser: Cross-origin-bypass in Blink

1211921 - CVE-2015-1237 chromium-browser: Use-after-free in IPC

1211922 - CVE-2015-1238 chromium-browser: Out-of-bounds write in Skia

1211923 - CVE-2015-1240 chromium-browser: Out-of-bounds read in WebGL

1211924 - CVE-2015-1241 chromium-browser: tap-jacking vulnerability

1211925 - CVE-2015-1242 chromium-browser: Type confusion in V8

1211926 - CVE-2015-1244 chromium-browser: HSTS bypass in WebSockets

1211927 - CVE-2015-1245 chromium-browser: Use-after-free in PDFium

1211928 - CVE-2015-1246 chromium-browser: Out-of-bounds read in Blink

1211929 - CVE-2015-1247 chromium-browser: Scheme issues in OpenSearch

1211930 - CVE-2015-1248 chromium-browser: SafeBrowsing bypass

1211932 - CVE-2015-1249 chromium-browser: Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives

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