An update for chromium-browser is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,

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====================================================================                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Important: chromium-browser security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2016:1262-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1262
Issue date:        2016-06-20
CVE Names:         CVE-2016-1704 
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1. Summary:

An update for chromium-browser is now available for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 6 Supplementary.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability
from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

2. 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

3. Description:

Chromium is an open-source web browser, powered by WebKit (Blink).

This update upgrades Chromium to version 51.0.2704.103.

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-2016-1704)

4. 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.

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1347675 - CVE-2016-1704 chromium-browser: various fixes from internal audits

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):

i386:
chromium-browser-51.0.2704.103-1.el6.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-51.0.2704.103-1.el6.i686.rpm

x86_64:
chromium-browser-51.0.2704.103-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-51.0.2704.103-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):

i386:
chromium-browser-51.0.2704.103-1.el6.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-51.0.2704.103-1.el6.i686.rpm

x86_64:
chromium-browser-51.0.2704.103-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-51.0.2704.103-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):

i386:
chromium-browser-51.0.2704.103-1.el6.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-51.0.2704.103-1.el6.i686.rpm

x86_64:
chromium-browser-51.0.2704.103-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-51.0.2704.103-1.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

7. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1704
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/06/stable-channel-update_16.html

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact

Copyright 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
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