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Red Hat: RHSA-2016-1190-01 Critical: Chromium Browser Issues

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Calendar Grey June 1, 2016
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A patch for the chromium-browser resolves significant security vulnerabilities in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Ensure to upgrade without delay.
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

After installing the update, Chromium must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

Summary

Chromium is an open-source web browser, powered by WebKit (Blink).
This update upgrades Chromium to version 51.0.2704.63.
Security Fix(es):
* Multiple 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-2016-1672, CVE-2016-1673, CVE-2016-1674, CVE-2016-1675, CVE-2016-1676, CVE-2016-1678, CVE-2016-1679, CVE-2016-1680, CVE-2016-1681, CVE-2016-1695, CVE-2016-1677, CVE-2016-1682, CVE-2016-1683, CVE-2016-1684, CVE-2016-1685, CVE-2016-1686, CVE-2016-1687, CVE-2016-1688, CVE-2016-1689, CVE-2016-1690, CVE-2016-1691, CVE-2016-1692, CVE-2016-1693, CVE-2016-1694)

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1672 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1673 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1674 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1675 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1676 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1677 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1678 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1679 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1680 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1681 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1682 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1683 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1684 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1685 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1686 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1687 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1688 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1689 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1690 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1691 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1692 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1693 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1694 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1695 Read the Full Advisory

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-51.0.2704.63-1.el6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-51.0.2704.63-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-51.0.2704.63-1.el6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-51.0.2704.63-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-51.0.2704.63-1.el6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-51.0.2704.63-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-51.0.2704.63-1.el6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-51.0.2704.63-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-51.0.2704.63-1.el6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-51.0.2704.63-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-51.0.2704.63-1.el6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-51.0.2704.63-1.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-2016:1190-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1190
Issue date: 2016-06-01

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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory red hat critical update important advisory 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

1340005 - CVE-2016-1672 chromium-browser: cross-origin bypass in extension bindings

1340006 - CVE-2016-1673 chromium-browser: cross-origin bypass in blink

1340007 - CVE-2016-1674 chromium-browser: cross-origin bypass in extensions

1340008 - CVE-2016-1675 chromium-browser: cross-origin bypass in blink

1340009 - CVE-2016-1676 chromium-browser: cross-origin bypass in extension bindings

1340010 - CVE-2016-1677 chromium-browser: type confusion in v8

1340011 - CVE-2016-1678 chromium-browser: heap overflow in v8

1340012 - CVE-2016-1679 chromium-browser: heap use-after-free in v8 bindings

1340013 - CVE-2016-1680 chromium-browser: heap use-after-free in skia

1340014 - CVE-2016-1681 chromium-browser: heap overflow in pdfium

1340015 - CVE-2016-1682 chromium-browser: csp bypass for serviceworker

1340016 - CVE-2016-1683 chromium-browser: out-of-bounds access in libxslt

1340017 - CVE-2016-1684 chromium-browser: integer overflow in libxslt

1340018 - CVE-2016-1685 chromium-browser: out-of-bounds read in pdfium

1340019 - CVE-2016-1686 chromium-browser: out-of-bounds read in pdfium

1340021 - CVE-2016-1687 chromium-browser: information leak in extensions

1340022 - CVE-2016-1688 chromium-browser: out-of-bounds read in v8

1340023 - CVE-2016-1689 chromium-browser: heap buffer overflow in media

1340024 - CVE-2016-1690 chromium-browser: heap use-after-free in autofill

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