RedHat: RHSA-2015-0921:01 Important: chromium-browser security and bug fix
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-2015-1243, CVE-2015-1250)
This update also fixes the following bug:
* Prior to this update, Chromium did not accept GNOME's system proxy
settings due to having GConf support disabled. This issue has been resolved
in this update. (BZ#1217065)
All Chromium users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain
Chromium version 42.0.2311.135, which corrects these issues. After
installing the update, Chromium must be restarted for the changes to take
effect.
Summary
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
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1243 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1250 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2015/04/stable-channel-update_28.html
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
Source:
chromium-browser-42.0.2311.135-1.el6_6.src.rpm
i386:
chromium-browser-42.0.2311.135-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-42.0.2311.135-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
chromium-browser-42.0.2311.135-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-42.0.2311.135-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
Source:
chromium-browser-42.0.2311.135-1.el6_6.src.rpm
i386:
chromium-browser-42.0.2311.135-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-42.0.2311.135-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
chromium-browser-42.0.2311.135-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-42.0.2311.135-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
Source:
chromium-browser-42.0.2311.135-1.el6_6.src.rpm
i386:
chromium-browser-42.0.2311.135-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-42.0.2311.135-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
chromium-browser-42.0.2311.135-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-42.0.2311.135-1.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/
Topic
Updated chromium-browser packages that fix multiple security issues and onebug are now available 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.
Topic
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
1216920 - CVE-2015-1243 chromium-browser: use-after-free in DOM
1216921 - CVE-2015-1250 chromium-browser: various unspecified flaws
1217065 - Chromium-browser not accepting gnome system proxy settings in RHEL6.