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Red Hat: RHSA-2016-0359-01 Critical: Chromium Web Browser Security Issues

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Calendar Grey March 7, 2016
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Crucial security patch released for chromium-browser tackling various vulnerabilities on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, posing significant threats.
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-2016-1630, CVE-2016-1631, CVE-2016-1632, CVE-2016-1633, CVE-2016-1634, CVE-2016-1635, CVE-2016-1636, CVE-2016-1637, CVE-2016-1638, CVE-2016-1639, CVE-2016-1640, CVE-2016-1641, CVE-2016-1642)
All Chromium users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Chromium version 49.0.2623.75, which corrects these issues. After installing the update, Chromium must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

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security advisory security update red hat web browser security issues critical impact chromium

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1630 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1631 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1632 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1633 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1634 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1635 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1636 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1637 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1638 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1639 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1640 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1641 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1642 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/03/stable-channel-update.html

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-49.0.2623.75-1.el6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-49.0.2623.75-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-49.0.2623.75-1.el6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-49.0.2623.75-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-49.0.2623.75-1.el6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-49.0.2623.75-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-49.0.2623.75-1.el6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-49.0.2623.75-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-49.0.2623.75-1.el6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-49.0.2623.75-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-49.0.2623.75-1.el6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-49.0.2623.75-1.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-2016:0359-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0359.html
Issue date: 2016-03-07

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 update red hat web browser security issues critical impact chromium

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

1314214 - CVE-2016-1630 chromium-browser: same-origin bypass in Blink

1314215 - CVE-2016-1631 chromium-browser: same-origin bypass in Pepper Plugin

1314216 - CVE-2016-1632 chromium-browser: bad cast in Extensions

1314217 - CVE-2016-1633 chromium-browser: use-after-free in Blink

1314218 - CVE-2016-1634 chromium-browser: use-after-free in Blink

1314219 - CVE-2016-1635 chromium-browser: use-after-free in Blink

1314220 - CVE-2016-1636 chromium-browser: SRI Validation Bypass

1314221 - CVE-2016-1637 chromium-browser: information leak in Skia

1314222 - CVE-2016-1638 chromium-browser: WebAPI Bypass

1314224 - CVE-2016-1639 chromium-browser: use-after-free in WebRTC

1314225 - CVE-2016-1640 chromium-browser: origin confusion in Extensions UI

1314226 - CVE-2016-1641 chromium-browser: use-after-free in Favicon

1314227 - CVE-2016-1642 chromium-browser: various fixes from internal audits

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