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Red Hat: RHSA-2016-0072-01 Critical: chromium-browser Security Update

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Calendar Grey January 27, 2016
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Important Fedora notice for firefox-webbrowser update tackles several weaknesses to prioritize user protection.
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, execute arbitrary code, or disclose sensitive information when visited by the victim. (CVE-2016-1612, CVE-2016-1613, CVE-2016-1614, CVE-2016-1615, CVE-2016-1616, CVE-2016-1617, CVE-2016-1618, CVE-2016-1619, CVE-2016-1620, CVE-2016-2051, CVE-2016-2052)
All Chromium users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Chromium version 48.0.2564.82, 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-2016-1612 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1613 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1614 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1615 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1616 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1617 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1618 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1619 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1620 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2051 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2052 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/01/stable-channel-update_20.html

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-48.0.2564.82-1.el6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-48.0.2564.82-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-48.0.2564.82-1.el6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-48.0.2564.82-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-48.0.2564.82-1.el6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-48.0.2564.82-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-48.0.2564.82-1.el6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-48.0.2564.82-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-48.0.2564.82-1.el6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-48.0.2564.82-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-48.0.2564.82-1.el6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-48.0.2564.82-1.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-2016:0072-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0072.html
Issue date: 2016-01-27

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 Red Hat update critical important web browser 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

1300988 - CVE-2016-1612 chromium-browser: bad cast in V8

1300989 - CVE-2016-1613 chromium-browser: use-after-free in PDFium

1300990 - CVE-2016-1614 chromium-browser: information leak in Blink

1300991 - CVE-2016-1615 chromium-browser: origin confusion in Omnibox

1300992 - CVE-2016-1616 chromium-browser: various fixes from internal audits

1300993 - CVE-2016-1617 chromium-browser: various fixes from internal audits

1300994 - CVE-2016-1618 chromium-browser: weak random number generator in Blink

1300995 - CVE-2016-1619 chromium-browser: out-of-bounds read in PDFium

1300996 - CVE-2016-1620 chromium-browser: various fixes from internal audits

1301550 - CVE-2016-2051 chromium-browser: Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Google V8 before 4.8.271.17

1301553 - CVE-2016-2052 chromium-browser: Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in HarfBuzz before 1.0.6

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