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Red Hat 6 Chromium-browser Update: RHSA-2016-0638-01 Important Fix

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Calendar Grey April 18, 2016
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Important enhancement for chromium-browser on Red Hat-based systems, tackling various vulnerabilities and promoting secure web experiences.
An update for chromium-browser is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

Chromium is an open-source web browser, powered by WebKit (Blink).
This update upgrades Chromium to version 50.0.2661.75.
Security Fix(es):
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-2016-1652, CVE-2016-1653, CVE-2016-1651, CVE-2016-1654, CVE-2016-1655, CVE-2016-1656, CVE-2016-1657, CVE-2016-1658, CVE-2016-1659)

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat important impact malicious content chromium-browser web browser fix

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1651 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1652 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1653 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1654 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1655 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1656 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1657 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1658 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1659 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/04/stable-channel-update_13.html

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-50.0.2661.75-1.el6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-50.0.2661.75-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-50.0.2661.75-1.el6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-50.0.2661.75-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-50.0.2661.75-1.el6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-50.0.2661.75-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-50.0.2661.75-1.el6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-50.0.2661.75-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-50.0.2661.75-1.el6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-50.0.2661.75-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-50.0.2661.75-1.el6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-50.0.2661.75-1.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-2016:0638-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0638.html
Issue date: 2016-04-18

Topic

An update for chromium-browser is now available for Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 6 Supplementary.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat important impact malicious content chromium-browser web 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

1327109 - CVE-2016-1652 chromium-browser: universal XSS in extension bindings

1327110 - CVE-2016-1653 chromium-browser: out-of-bounds write in V8

1327111 - CVE-2016-1651 chromium-browser: out-of-bounds read in Pdfium JPEG2000 decoding

1327112 - CVE-2016-1654 chromium-browser: uninitialized memory read in media

1327113 - CVE-2016-1655 chromium-browser: use-after-free related to extensions

1327114 - CVE-2016-1656 chromium-browser: android downloaded file path restriction bypass

1327115 - CVE-2016-1657 chromium-browser: address bar spoofing

1327117 - CVE-2016-1658 chromium-browser: potential leak of sensitive information to malicious extensions

1327120 - CVE-2016-1659 chromium-browser: various fixes from internal audits

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