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Red Hat: RHSA-2015:1023-01 Important: Chromium Security Update

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Calendar Grey May 25, 2015
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Crucial security patch for chromium-browser on Red Hat Enterprise Linux resolves several vulnerabilities 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.

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-2015-1251, CVE-2015-1252, CVE-2015-1253, CVE-2015-1254, CVE-2015-1255, CVE-2015-1256, CVE-2015-1257, CVE-2015-1258, CVE-2015-1259, CVE-2015-1260, CVE-2015-1261, CVE-2015-1262, CVE-2015-1263, CVE-2015-1264, CVE-2015-1265)
All Chromium users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Chromium version 43.0.2357.65, 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 Red Hat user privilege escalation important update WebKit chromium-browser

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1251 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1252 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1253 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1254 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1255 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1256 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1257 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1258 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1259 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1260 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1261 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1262 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1263 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1264 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1265 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2015/05/stable-channel-update_19.html

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-43.0.2357.65-1.el6_6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-43.0.2357.65-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-43.0.2357.65-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-43.0.2357.65-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-43.0.2357.65-1.el6_6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-43.0.2357.65-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-43.0.2357.65-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-43.0.2357.65-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-43.0.2357.65-1.el6_6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-43.0.2357.65-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-43.0.2357.65-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-43.0.2357.65-1.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-2015:1023-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1023.html
Issue date: 2015-05-25

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 Red Hat user privilege escalation important update WebKit 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

1223258 - CVE-2015-1251 chromium-browser: Use-after-free in Speech.

1223259 - CVE-2015-1252 chromium-browser: Sandbox escape in Chrome.

1223260 - CVE-2015-1253 chromium-browser: Cross-origin bypass in DOM.

1223261 - CVE-2015-1254 chromium-browser: Cross-origin bypass in Editing.

1223262 - CVE-2015-1255 chromium-browser: Use-after-free in WebAudio.

1223263 - CVE-2015-1256 chromium-browser: Use-after-free in SVG.

1223264 - CVE-2015-1257 chromium-browser: Container-overflow in SVG.

1223266 - CVE-2015-1258 chromium-browser: Negative-size parameter in Libvpx.

1223267 - CVE-2015-1259 chromium-browser: Uninitialized value in PDFium.

1223268 - CVE-2015-1260 chromium-browser: Use-after-free in WebRTC.

1223269 - CVE-2015-1261 chromium-browser: URL bar spoofing in unspecified component

1223270 - CVE-2015-1262 chromium-browser: Uninitialized value in Blink.

1223271 - CVE-2015-1263 chromium-browser: insecure download of spellcheck dictionary in unspecified component

1223272 - CVE-2015-1264 chromium-browser: Cross-site scripting in bookmarks.

1223273 - CVE-2015-1265 chromium-browser: Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives.

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