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Important Security Update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6: RHSA-2016-1854-01

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Calendar Grey September 12, 2016
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Essential security patch released for chromium-browser on CentOS to fix various bugs and weaknesses.
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 53.0.2785.89.
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-2016-5147, CVE-2016-5148, CVE-2016-5149, CVE-2016-5150, CVE-2016-5151, CVE-2016-5152, CVE-2016-5153, CVE-2016-5154, CVE-2016-5155, CVE-2016-5156, CVE-2016-5157, CVE-2016-5158, CVE-2016-5159, CVE-2016-5167, CVE-2016-5161, CVE-2016-5162, CVE-2016-5163, CVE-2016-5164, CVE-2016-5165, CVE-2016-5166, CVE-2016-5160)

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Topics Covered

security advisory code execution security fix red hat enterprise important advisory browser update

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5147 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5148 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5149 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5150 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5151 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5152 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5153 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5154 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5155 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5156 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5157 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5158 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5159 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5160 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5161 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5162 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5163 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5164 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5165 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5166 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5167 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-53.0.2785.89-3.el6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-53.0.2785.89-3.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-53.0.2785.89-3.el6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-53.0.2785.89-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-53.0.2785.89-3.el6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-53.0.2785.89-3.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-53.0.2785.89-3.el6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-53.0.2785.89-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-53.0.2785.89-3.el6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-53.0.2785.89-3.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-53.0.2785.89-3.el6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-53.0.2785.89-3.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-2016:1854-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1854.html
Issue date: 2016-09-12

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 code execution security fix red hat enterprise important advisory browser update

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

1372207 - CVE-2016-5147 chromium-browser: universal xss in blink

1372208 - CVE-2016-5148 chromium-browser: universal xss in blink

1372209 - CVE-2016-5149 chromium-browser: script injection in extensions

1372210 - CVE-2016-5150 chromium-browser: use after free in blink

1372212 - CVE-2016-5151 chromium-browser: use after free in pdfium

1372213 - CVE-2016-5152 chromium-browser: heap overflow in pdfium

1372214 - CVE-2016-5153 chromium-browser: use after destruction in blink

1372215 - CVE-2016-5154 chromium-browser: heap overflow in pdfium

1372216 - CVE-2016-5155 chromium-browser: address bar spoofing

1372217 - CVE-2016-5156 chromium-browser: use after free in event bindings

1372218 - CVE-2016-5157 chromium-browser: heap overflow in pdfium

1372219 - CVE-2016-5158 chromium-browser: heap overflow in pdfium

1372220 - CVE-2016-5159 chromium-browser: heap overflow in pdfium

1372221 - CVE-2016-5161 chromium-browser: type confusion in blink

1372222 - CVE-2016-5162 chromium-browser: extensions web accessible resources bypass

1372223 - CVE-2016-5163 chromium-browser: address bar spoofing

1372224 - CVE-2016-5164 chromium-browser: universal xss using devtools

1372225 - CVE-2016-5165 chromium-browser: script injection in devtools

1372227 - CVE-2016-5166 chromium-browser: smb relay attack via save page as

1372228 - CVE-2016-5160 chromium-browser: extensions web accessible resources bypass

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