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Red Hat: RHSA-2015:2665-01 Important: chromium-browser DoS Threat

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Calendar Grey December 17, 2015
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Essential patch for Red Hat's chromium-browser tackling serious vulnerabilities. Mandatory upgrade for every user.
Updated chromium-browser packages that fix two 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).
Two flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Chromium to crash, execute arbitrary code, or disclose sensitive information when visited by the victim. (CVE-2015-6792)
All Chromium users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Chromium version 47.0.2526.106, 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 Enterprise Linux important update Dos threat chromium-browser fix

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-6792 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2015/12/stable-channel-update_15.html

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-47.0.2526.106-1.el6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-47.0.2526.106-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-47.0.2526.106-1.el6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-47.0.2526.106-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-47.0.2526.106-1.el6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-47.0.2526.106-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-47.0.2526.106-1.el6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-47.0.2526.106-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-47.0.2526.106-1.el6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-47.0.2526.106-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-47.0.2526.106-1.el6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-47.0.2526.106-1.el6.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-2015:2665-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2665.html
Issue date: 2015-12-17

Topic

Updated chromium-browser packages that fix two 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 Enterprise Linux important update Dos threat chromium-browser fix

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

1291989 - CVE-2015-6792 chromium-browser: Fixes from internal audits and fuzzing

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