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Red Hat: RHSA-2016:1201-01 Important: Chromium Browser Security Fix

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Calendar Grey June 2, 2016
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Canonical announces critical patch for firefox browser rectifying various vulnerabilities. Users advised to update promptly.
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 51.0.2704.79.
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-2016-1696, CVE-2016-1697, CVE-2016-1703, CVE-2016-1698, CVE-2016-1699, CVE-2016-1700, CVE-2016-1701, CVE-2016-1702)

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update important red-hat chromium-browser web-browser software-fix

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1696 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1697 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1698 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1699 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1700 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1701 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1702 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1703 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/06/stable-channel-update.html

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-51.0.2704.79-1.el6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-51.0.2704.79-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-51.0.2704.79-1.el6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-51.0.2704.79-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-51.0.2704.79-1.el6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-51.0.2704.79-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-51.0.2704.79-1.el6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-51.0.2704.79-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-51.0.2704.79-1.el6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-51.0.2704.79-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-51.0.2704.79-1.el6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-51.0.2704.79-1.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-2016:1201-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1201
Issue date: 2016-06-02

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 security update important red-hat chromium-browser web-browser software-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

1342001 - CVE-2016-1696 chromium-browser: cross-origin bypass in extension bindings

1342002 - CVE-2016-1697 chromium-browser: cross-origin bypass in blink

1342003 - CVE-2016-1698 chromium-browser: information leak in extension bindings

1342004 - CVE-2016-1699 chromium-browser: parameter sanitization failure in devtools

1342005 - CVE-2016-1700 chromium-browser: use-after-free in extensions

1342007 - CVE-2016-1701 chromium-browser: use-after-free in autofill

1342008 - CVE-2016-1702 chromium-browser: out-of-bounds read in skia

1342009 - CVE-2016-1703 chromium-browser: various fixes from internal audits

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