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Red Hat: RHSA-2016:1485 Important: Chromium Browser Security Threats

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Crucial security patch for chromium-browser now distributed for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, tackling various vulnerabilities.
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 52.0.2743.82.
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-2016-1706, CVE-2016-1708, CVE-2016-1709, CVE-2016-1710, CVE-2016-1711, CVE-2016-5127, CVE-2016-5128, CVE-2016-5129, CVE-2016-5130, CVE-2016-5131, CVE-2016-5132, CVE-2016-5133, CVE-2016-5134, CVE-2016-5135, CVE-2016-5136, CVE-2016-5137, CVE-2016-1705)

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Topics Covered

security advisory update red hat threat important browser chromium

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1705 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1706 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1708 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1709 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1710 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1711 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5127 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5128 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5129 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5130 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5131 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5132 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5133 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5134 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5135 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5136 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5137 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/07/stable-channel-update.html

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-52.0.2743.82-1.el6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-52.0.2743.82-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-52.0.2743.82-1.el6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-52.0.2743.82-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-52.0.2743.82-1.el6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-52.0.2743.82-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-52.0.2743.82-1.el6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-52.0.2743.82-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-52.0.2743.82-1.el6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-52.0.2743.82-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-52.0.2743.82-1.el6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-52.0.2743.82-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:1485-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1485.html
Issue date: 2016-07-26

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 update red hat threat important browser 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

1358630 - CVE-2016-1706 chromium-browser: sandbox escape in ppapi

1358632 - CVE-2016-1708 chromium-browser: use-after-free in extensions

1358633 - CVE-2016-1709 chromium-browser: heap-buffer-overflow in sfntly

1358634 - CVE-2016-1710 chromium-browser: same-origin bypass in blink

1358636 - CVE-2016-1711 chromium-browser: same-origin bypass in blink

1358637 - CVE-2016-5127 chromium-browser: use-after-free in blink

1358638 - CVE-2016-5128 chromium-browser: same-origin bypass in v8

1358639 - CVE-2016-5129 chromium-browser: memory corruption in v8

1358640 - CVE-2016-5130 chromium-browser: url spoofing

1358641 - CVE-2016-5131 chromium-browser: use-after-free in libxml

1358642 - CVE-2016-5132 chromium-browser: limited same-origin bypass in service workers1358643 - CVE-2016-5133 chromium-browser: origin confusion in proxy authentication

1358645 - CVE-2016-5134 chromium-browser: url leakage via pac script

1358646 - CVE-2016-5135 chromium-browser: content-security-policy bypass

1358647 - CVE-2016-5136 chromium-browser: use after free in extensions

1358648 - CVE-2016-5137 chromium-browser: history sniffing with hsts and csp

1358649 - CVE-2016-1705 chromium-browser: various fixes from internal audits

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